The Imperial Russian Army, commanded by the unlikely named Johann von Michelsohnen, an Estonian of very obvious German descent, and serf rebels, led by Yemelyan Pugachev contested at what is now Volograd, with the outnumbered Imperial Russian Army not surprisingly prevailing. Pugachev escaped, for a time, but hsi revolution fell apart thereafter.
Last edition:
The Red Army crossed the River Scheshule and raised the Soviet flag on German soil. Sgt. Alexander Belov took the honors. He survived the war and died in 1960.
Interestingly, the Red Army entered East Prussia on the same day that the Imperial Russian Army had during World War One.
German forces in Lithuania launched counterattacks along their entire line.
.jpg)
The Canadian Army took Falaise. The city was in ruins. A gap of a few miles exists thereafter between the British lines and the American ones.
The US Third Army took Saint-Malo.
In Southern France, almost no resistance to Allied advances is offered and the US captured St. Raphael, St. Tropez, Frejus, Le Luq and St. Maxime.
Hitler dismissed Field Marshal Kluge as commander of Army Group B and replaced him with Model.
The Battle of Biak, which had been going on since May 27, ended in an Allied victory. American forces advanced near Aitape. The length of these battles gives testament to how hard the Japanese were fighting.
Last edition:
I am firmly convinced that the Reformation of the sixteenth century was as near as any mortal thing can come to unmixed evil. Even the parts of it that might appear plausible and enlightened from a purely secular standpoint have turned out rotten and reactionary, also from a purely secular standpoint.
By substituting the Bible for the sacrament, it created a pedantic caste of those who could read, superstitiously identified with those who could think. By destroying the monks, it took social work from the poor philanthropists who chose to deny themselves, and gave it to the rich philanthropists who chose to assert themselves. By preaching individualism while preserving inequality, it produced modern capitalism. It destroyed the only league of nations that ever had a chance. It produced the worst wars of nations that ever existed. It produced the most efficient form of Protestantism, which is Prussia. And it is producing the worst part of paganism, which is slavery.
G. K. Chesterton
The Germans pushed the Russians back in East Prussia.
The Australians took Rabaul.
Photography had come to advertising.
The epic Battle of Tannenberg began on the Eastern Front.
The Russians halted the Austro Hungarian army at Komarów
The French Army of Alsace was recalled and disbanded, ended their successful defense at Mulhouse. The Battle of Lorraine also ended in a French victory, although an extremely costly one.
British and French forces retreated from Le Cateau to Saint Quentin.
The French Second Army prevented the Germans from advancing past Charmes.
The Germans bombed Antwerp by Zeppelin.
Last edition:
Venustiano Carranza and his supporters entered Mexico City to set up a new Mexican left wing Constitutionalist government, backed by Álvaro Obregón. Residents of the city turned out in mass to see the procession head to the Presidential Palace.
The Siege of Namur began. So did the Battles of Sarrebourg, Morhange and Gubinnen.
The Germans ordered the evacuation of East Prussia.
Born in an Italian speaking region of the Austro Hungarian Empire which is now part of Italy he was a strong opponent of modernist interpretation of theology, he initiated the preparation of the 1917 Code of Canon Law. He was responsible for the lowering of the age for First Communion and promoted a Thomist approach to philosophical inquiry in Catholic institutions.
Last edition:
The Russian First Army invaded Prussia.
Last edition:
