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October 8, 1944

#OTD World War II: Battle of the Nijmegen salient ended - the Germans were unable to recover lost ground taken by the Allies during Operation Market Garden.

Pictured: A soldier crouches near a knocked-out German PzKpfw III near Nijmegen days after Operation Market Garden had ended.

On This Day in History - October 8, 1944

October 8, 1940

#OTD World War II: British submarine HMS Trident and German submarine U-31 exchanged fire in the Bay of Biscay off France; Trident hit U-31 with the deck gun, causing minor damage; both torpedoes fired missed.

Pictured: British submarine HMS Trident (Top) and German submarine U-35, a Type VIIA Uboat the same as U-31.

On This Day in History - October 8, 1940

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October 8, 1941

#OTD World War II: An order was issued to deploy three women's air-force units, including the 588th Regiment. The regiment, formed by Major Marina Raskova and led by Major Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, comprised primarily female volunteers in their late teens and early twenties.

On This Day in History - October 8, 1941

October 8, 1944

#OTD World War II: The Battle of Crucifix Hill was fought outside the German village of Haaren, resulting in American victory.

October 8, 1940

#OTD World War II: Czech-born fighter ace Sergeant Josef Frantisek (Pictured) of No. 303 "Warsaw-Kosciuszko" Squadron RAF was killed when his Hurricane crashed whilst landing at RAF Northolt at Ruislip near London, England, United Kingdom. At the time of his death Frantisek had a score of 17 kills and had been awarded the British Distinguished Flying Medal. Posthumously he was commissioned lieutenant, and awarded a Bar to his DFM, the Czech Military Cross, the Polish Cross of Valour (with three bars) and the Polish Virtuti Militari, Frantisek was 26 years old.

October 8, 1940

#OTD World War II: The German Luftwaffe mounted 4 raids of 30 to 160 aircraft consisted mostly of fighter-bombers and fighters, with few medium bombers, against London, England, United Kingdom; various government offices in Whitehall and the Charing Cross Railway Station were damaged by bombs. The Germans lost 1 Bf 109 fighter and 3 bombers; the British lost 4 fighters with all 4 pilots killed. Overnight, London, East Anglia, East Midlands, Portsmouth, and Southampton were bombed, with a serious fire damaging wharves and nearby warehouses.

Pictured: Londoners taking shelter in an underground train tunnel during the ‘Blitz,’ London, England, United Kingdom, 8 October 1940.

October 8, 1943

#OTD World War II: Kurt Tank (Pictured), designer of the Ta 152 aircraft, asked the German Air Ministry to give the development of Ta 152 priority; the request was denied.

On This Day in History - October 8, 1943

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October 8, 1942

#OTD World War II: German submarine U-179, a Type IXD2 U-boat was depth charged and sunk off Cape Town by the British destroyer HMS Active, all 61 men aboard were killed including its commander Fregattenkapitän Ernst Sobe (Pictured), he was 38 years old.

On This Day in History - October 8, 1942

October 7, 1942

#OTD World War II: Battle of Stalingrad 

The Soviet 62nd Army withdrew from the Orlovka gully in Stalingrad but fighting continued to rage around the tractor factory, Red October factory and sports stadium.

Pictured: German soldiers walking through the Red October factory in Stalingrad.

On This Day in History - October 7, 1942

October 7, 1913

#OTD The Government House opened in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada as the official residence of the Lieutenant Governors of Alberta. The building was sold in 1938 and used privately until it was returned to the Government of Alberta in 1964. It was added to the National Historic Sites of Canada in 2012.

On This Day in History - October 7, 1913

October 7, 1763

#OTD King George III (Pictured) issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.

On This Day in History - October 7, 1763

October 7, 1919

#OTD A group of Dutch businessmen led by Frits Fentener van Vlissingen formed the airline KLM with aviator Albert Plesman as its director. It remains the oldest airline still flying under its original name.

On This Day in History - October 7, 1919

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October 5, 1941

#OTD World War II: The leading German formations reported that they were only about 100 kilometers from Moscow, Russia. On the same day, Moscow-based Soviet fighters discovered German vehicles as close as 50 kilometers from Moscow; when Moscow Military District's Air Force Fighter Command chief Nikolai Sbytov reported this to his supeiors, he was investigated by the NKVD for disseminating false rumors, but he was lucky that Joseph Stalin believed him. For precaution, Stalin ordered the Soviet Western Front to withdraw to Vyazma to form a new defensive line under a new commanding officer, Georgy Zhukov, replacing Ivan Konev.

On This Day in History - October 5, 1941

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October 6, 1944

#OTD World War II: Roza Shanina (Pictured) began keeping a combat diary against orders.

On This Day in History - October 6, 1944

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October 6, 1941

#OTD World War II: Eight Soviet Armies were encircled at Bryansk and Vyazma, Russia by a surprise maneuver conducted by German 17th Panzer Division. In less than two weeks, the Germans have taken nearly 700,000 prisoners and destroyed or captured 1,200 tanks and 5,000 heavy guns.

On This Day in History - October 6, 1941

October 5, 1944

#OTD World War II: Five pilots of No. 401 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) participated in the shooting down of a Messerschmitt Me 262 (Pictured), piloted by Hauptmann Hans-Christoph Buttmann over the Netherlands, marking the first time that a jet fighter had been shot down by enemy fire. Hans-Christoph Buttmann managed to bail out at a height of 300 metres but his parachute did not open, he was 24 years old.

On This Day in History - October 5, 1944

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"Alon and Lebanon" is a children's book created for Israeli settler children, promoting the normalization of Jewish settlement in southern Lebanon. The book was written and crowd-funded by Prof. Amos Azaria, a member of the far-right "Uri Tzafon" (Wake Up North) movement, which includes figures like settler leader Daniella Weiss. The movement openly calls for the occupation and settlement of southern Lebanon, pushing their messianic agenda. The book, sold for 88 shekels (about $24) with an additional delivery fee, features generic Al-generated illustrations.
For a higher price of 1,980 shekels, the author offers workshops at the buyer's home. Meanwhile, the Nachala movement, another Israeli settler organization active in expanding illegal settlements in the West Bank, is advocating for the same occupation efforts in Lebanon.

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On This Day in History - October 8, 1944

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