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On This Day in History - April 18, 1945
April 18, 1945 #OTD World War II: Rühr Pocket Over 300,000 encircled German troops in the Ruhr region of western Germany surrendered. Pictured: An American soldier at Rheinwiesenlager guards a massive crowd of German prisoners captured in the Ruhr Pocket.
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On This Day in History - March 5, 1943
March 5, 1943 #OTD World War II: British bombers attacked Krupp works at Essen, Germany; this was the Allies' first attack on this industrial region, which started what the Allies called the Battle of the Ruhr. This attack also saw the first successful use of Oboe, an aerial blind bombing... read more
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On This Day - 100 Years Ago
March 20, 1923 #OTD A representative for the German Ministry of Finance said that hyperinflation and the occupation of the Ruhr had made it impossible to manage the country's finances, with the budget for 1922–23 showing a deficit of 7.1 trillion (7,100,000,000,000) marks. Pictured: A basement of... read more
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Died On This Day
April 21, 1945 #OTD Walter Model, German field marshal during World War II. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of defensive warfare. His relative success as commander of the Ninth Army in the retreats of 1941–1942... read more
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On This Day
April 17, 1945 #OTD World War II: Field Marshal Walter Model (Pictured Right) gave his remaining troops the choice of trying to get home, of trying to fight their way out of the Ruhr region in Germany, or of surrendering. Most chose to surrender.
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