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September 16, 1944

#OTD World War II: Roza Shanina (Pictured) was awarded the Order of Glory 2nd Class.

On This Day in History - September 16, 1944

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September 16, 1939

#OTD Józef Rudolf Kustroń, Brigadier General of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic, commandant of the 21st Mountain Infantry Division. Trying to break through German lines and reach Lwów, the Poles fought a battle with Wehrmacht’s 45th Infantry Division. Kustroń was killed at around 2 p.m. He was buried on the battlefield, and in 1953, his remains were moved to Nowy Sącz. He was the first Polish general to die in the invasion, and the second general officer casualty of the campaign overall; the first was Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig. (Born: 1892), died on this day in Ułazów, Poland, aged 46.

On This Day in History - September 16, 1942

September 16, 1941

#OTD World War II: German Generals Guderian and Kleist's Panzergruppen linked up east of Kiev, Ukraine, encircling 5 Soviet Armies.

Pictured: Heinz Guderian and Paul von Kleist.

On This Day in History - September 16, 1941

Photo Taken On This Day 

Canadian soldiers with the last German officer at the Mont Lambert fortification, Boulogne, France, 17 September 1944.

(L-R): Private K.M. Johnston, North Nova Scotia Highlanders; unidentified German officer; Private J.A. Compton, North Nova Scotia Highlanders; Gunner E.F. Cooper, 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A.); Private P. McKarney, North Nova Scotia Highlanders; Major S.A. Blakely, 14th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A.)

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September 16, 1945

#OTD Japanese troops surrendered in Hong Kong at the Government House. Royal Navy Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt represented the United Kingdom, and Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita and Army Major General Umekichi Okada represented Japan.

Pictured: Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita signing the Instrument of Surrender of Japanese forces in and around Hong Kong, Government House, Hong Kong, 16 September 1945.

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Instrument of Surrender of Japanese forces in Hong Kong signed 16 September 1945 by Royal Navy Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt and Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita and Army Major General Umekichi Okada.

September 17, 1939

#OTD World War II: German submarine U-29 torpedoed British carrier HMS Courageous off Ireland. Courageous sank in 20 minutes, taking down 518 of the crew of 1,200, including the captain William Totfield Makeig-Jones who was 49 years old.

Pictured: Courageous sinking after being torpedoed by U-29.

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September 17, 1942

#OTD World War II: Battle of Stalingrad

In Stalingrad, Russia, German and Soviet troops engaged in heavy fighting at the Mamayev Kurgan hill, the Central Station, the grain elevator, and the apartment building soon to be named Pavlov's House. Also in the city, German troops advanced along the Tsaritsa River toward the banks of the Volga River where Soviet reinforcements were arriving from the other side.

Pictured: German troops taking cover and resting at Mamayev Kurgan hill, Stalingrad, 1942.

On This Day in History - September 17, 1942

September 16, 1942

#OTD World War II: Battle of Stalingrad

The Soviet NKVD rifle battalion stationed on Mamayev Kurgan hill in Stalingrad, Russia continued to fight off German attempts to take this high point.

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StuG 3 armed with the 10,5cm StuH 42. Located in Ukraine 1944.

Sturmgeschütz III

September 17, 1942 

#OTD World War II: Admiral Karl Dönitz (Pictured), who had previously supported rescuing survivors of submarine targets, ordered his submarine commanders to cease such actions in light of the Laconia incident on the previous day where an American bomber attacked a German submarine, full of survivors, flying a large red cross flag.

September 16, 1943

#OTD World War II: Salerno mutiny

The Salerno Mutiny occurred when 700 soldiers of the British Army's X Corps refused postings to new units fighting in the Italian Campaign at Salerno. The majority reconsidered after British Lieutenant General Richard McCreery (Pictured) talked to them, but 192 British forces (mostly from the 50th Northumbrian Division and the 51st Highland Division) refused, and were later court-martialed.

On This Day in History - September 16, 1943

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September 16, 1942

#OTD World War II: Italian submarine Comandante Cappellini (Pictured) sighted her first lifeboat from British troop ship Laconia in the Atlantic Ocean at 0828 hours. Laconia, carrying many Italian prisoners of war, had been sunk by U-156. This lifeboat carried 50 British survivors, which appeared to be stocked with ample food and water, thus the Italian submarine moved on. At 1032 hours, she sighted a second lifeboat, carrying 84 British surivors (41 men, 18 women, and 25 children); the Italian commanding officer Marco Revedin spoke to the suvivors of the second lifeboat and purposed to take on the women and children, but the British survivors refused to board the Italian submarine, so the Italians moved on after providing them with some provisions. At 1653 hours, Comandante Cappellini sighted four more lifeboats, two of which were overloaded and were taking on water; Comandante Cappellini took on 49 of the 50 Italian survivors (one confused Italian refused to board and was left behind). Shortly after, 19 British and Polish survivors were spotted in the water, and they were also picked up.

September 16, 1942

#OTD World War II: Laconia incident: 

A controversial event occurred when a USAAF B-24 Liberator attacked the U-156 while survivors rescued from the September 12 RMS Laconia sinking stood on the foredeck. The U-156 was forced to dive and abandon the survivors. Karl Dönitz shortly thereafter issued the Laconia Order, forbidding any such rescue work in the future.

Pictured: U-156 (foreground) and U-507 picking up shipwrecked RMS Laconia crew and passengers.

Pershing of the 32nd Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Division. 

When this photo was taken the Pershing was engaged in a duel with a German tank in Cologne on 6 march 1945.

T26E3 Pershing

September 17, 1939

#OTD World War II: Soviet Invasion of Poland, begins.

 In Russia, Joseph Stalin declared that the government of Poland no longer existed, thus all treaties between the two states were no longer valid; Soviet troops poured across the border to join Germany in the invasion, ostensibly to protect Ukrainian and Byelorussian interests from potential German aggression.

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September 12, 1941

#OTD World War II: Siege of Leningrad 

The daily bread ration in Leningrad, Russia was cut to 500 grams for manual workers and 300 grams for office workers and children under 12.

On This Day in History - September 12, 1941

September 13, 1942

#OTD World War II: Battle of Stalingrad 

Soviet 13th Guards Rifle Division engaged in heavy fighting at Mamayev Kurgan and Railway Station No. 1 at Stalingrad, Russia; it would lose a third of its strength in the fighting.

Pictured: Soviet soldiers of the 13th Guards Rifle Division in Stalingrad, 1942.

On This Day in History - September 13, 1942

September 15, 1945

#OTD A British naval squadron arrived in waters off of the port of Tanjung Priok near Jakarta, Indonesia, carrying British personnel tasked with the rescue of prisoners of war and Dutch personnel tasked with the restoration of the colonial administration. Local Japanese commanders, including Admiral Todashi Maeda (Pictured), immediately surrendered themselves.

On This Day in History - September 15, 1945

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William Dalrymple sure knows how to write a great book. I finished this one in three days. General Indian history books are rare, and good ones with evidence are rarer.

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Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is the greatest man that history ever knew.

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