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365 days of German history

Every day is historic! Do you want to know which key events took place in history on your date of birth? Or are you preparing for the next school presentation or Trivial Pursuit evening? The historical calendar from the Deutschlandmuseum shows you what happened in German history on each day of the year: major events, historical anniversaries, significant inventions, important birthdays and much more.

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The Battle of Stalingrad
Nov 23 1942
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The Battle of Stalingrad

After the Wehrmacht’s attack on the Soviet Union ground to a halt outside Moscow at the end of 1941, Germany’s generals planned a new campaign for the summer of 1942, aiming to capture the Caucasus oil fields. [...]

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