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Europe 79 years ago today: Germany in the Mediterranean (16 Apr 1941) https://buff.ly/2UZie9v By April, Germany was ready to salvage the Italian position. In North Africa, German and Italian forces led by Rommel threw back the British in Libya. In the Balkans, Germany and its allies swiftly overran Yugoslavia and Greece. It was now Britain that was on the defensive in the Mediterranean. #1940s #1941 #20thcentury #april #april16 #cartografia #europe #europeanhistory #geopolitics #germanreich #greece #historian #historic #historybuff #historyclass #historyfacts #historylesson #historymaker #italianempire #maps #secondworldwar #britishempire #worldwar2 #worldwarii #ww2 #wwii #yugoslavia #todayinhistory #historytoday #thisdayinhistory (at Tobruk, Libya) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_CWRI4AJuA/?igshid=1lq67mbfpsnym

Europe 81 years ago today: End of Czechoslovakia (15 Mar 1939) https://buff.ly/2w7RARi The 1938 Munich Agreement did not end German expansionism. In March 1939, Hitler encouraged the breakup of what was left of Czechoslovakia and proceeded to occupy the Czech rump state. Britain and France now saw that war was inevitable. #1930s #1939 #20thcentury #march #axisandallies #munichagreement #cartografia #cartographer #czechia #czechoslovakia #europe #europeanhistory #germanreich #historia #historian #historicalplace #histories #historybuff #historyclass #historygram #historymaker #hungary #maps #march15 #modernhistory #slovakia #thirdreich #todayinhistory #historytoday #thisdayinhistory (at Prague, Czech Republic) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9vu1pPA2hf/?igshid=po0qnx78h8hb

Europe 77 years ago today: The War Expands (20 Jan 1942) https://buff.ly/2W80oi2 Beginning in December 1942, a Soviet counterattack pushed the German army back from Moscow. Meanwhile on the other side of the globe, Japan launched a surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl Harbor. Hitler quickly moved to support his Japanese allies by declaring war on the Americans. #europe #history #welovemaps #map #1940s #1942 #europeanhistory #germanreich #january #january20 #ussr #sovietunion #ww2 #worldwarii #worldwar2 #secondworldwar #wwii #maps #worldwar #worldhistory #todayinhistory #thirdreich #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historynerd #historygeek #nazigermany #operationbarbarossa #easternfront (at Moscow, Russia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs2GcUIAar1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l36kkpcb6mm9

Europe 104 years ago today: Stalemate on the Western Front (26 Dec 1914) https://buff.ly/2PZ1tV8 By mid-September, Germany had been stopped in the west and both sides moved to consolidate their positions with trench warfare. The Germans were more successful in the east, with their much smaller forces pushing back a Russian invasion attempt. #europe #history #welovemaps #map #1910s #1914 #december #december26 #europeanhistory #germanempire #germanreich #frenchhistory #britishhistory #germanhistory #worldwari #worldwar1 #ww1 #wwi #firstworldwar #greatwar #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #westernfront #battleofmarne (at Seine-et-Marne) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br1wdeLgQl-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19sdss83x0n24

Europe 101 years ago today: October Revolution in Russia (07 Nov 1917) https://buff.ly/2zxS2WC Following the failure of the Kerensky Offensive in July 1917, both left- and right-wing factions vied for power in the weakened Russian state. On November 7 (October 25 in the Russian calendar of the time), Vladimir Lenin and his revolutionary Bolshevik party seized power in Petrograd, the capital, and overthrew the government. Simultaneously the Bolsheviks launched armed insurrections across Russia. #europe #history #welovemaps #map #1910s #1917 #centralpowers #austriahungary #europeanhistory #germanreich #germanempire #russianrevolution #octoberrevolution #bolshevik #bolsheviks #bolshevism #november #november7 #sovietunion #russiansfsr #ussr #britishempire #worldwari #maps #sovietrussia #worldwar1 #ww1 #greatwar #todayinhistory #historytoday (at Saint Petersburg, Russia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp331iighw2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1j67nlrkyndta

Europe 148 years ago today: Unification of Germany (28 Jan 1871) https://buff.ly/2Rkn8YE On January 18, 1871, King William of Prussia was declared Emperor of Germany by the leaders of the German states at Versailles Palace in France. Ten days later, Paris capitulated and the French agreed to peace. #europe #history #welovemaps #map #1870s #1871 #europeanhistory #frenchempire #germanunification #germanempire #kingdomofitaly #january #january28 #napoleoniii #prussia #maps #secondreich #germanreich #germanhistory #deutschland #francoprussianwar #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #19thcentury #victorianera #bismarck (at Versailles, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtKzBSPAq3t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15ifj81r3bmgz

Europe 100 years ago today: German Revolution (08 Nov 1918) https://buff.ly/2zzefDP The collapse of the other Central Powers in October 1918 left Germany alone against the Allies. In a last ditch attempt to win a decisive sea battle, German naval command ordered the Imperial Fleet into the North Sea, but only succeeded in triggering a mutiny among the sailors. The revolt quickly spread to the workers and soldiers of the German Empire, who set up councils demanding government reform and an immediate end to the war. #europe #history #welovemaps #map #1910s #1918 #allies #historybuff #austriahungary #banat #europeanhistory #germanempire #germanreich #germanhistory #november #november8 #historygeek #historyteacher #ottomanempire #britishempire #worldwari #yugoslavia #maps #worldwar1 #ww1 #greatwar #thegreatwar #ww1centenary #todayinhistory #historytoday (at Kiel) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp6V6cBAlV6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a1n2womz0hsr

Europe 76 years ago today: Battle of Stalingrad (22 Nov 1942) https://buff.ly/2AdbQ20 A week after their defeats in Africa, Germany suffered an even greater disaster on the Eastern Front when the four month long stalemate at Stalingrad was ended by a huge Soviet offensive which successfully isolated the German Sixth Army. #europe #history #welovemaps #map #1940s #1942 #ussr #allies #sovietunion #europeanhistory #germanreich #vichyfrance #november #november22 #nazigermany #russianhistory #worldwar2 #ww2 #worldwarii #maps #easternfront #stalingrad #easternfrontww2 #wwii #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd (at Volgograd, Russia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqeVN6YAfPW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=klrdyw29l788