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Military Word Of The Day

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guardsman

Today in Military History

December 6

1240:

Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.

1917:

Finland declares its independence from Russia.

1917:

The Halifax Explosion

1942:

With the German Army 40 km from Red Square, the Red Army launches a counteroffensive all along the front

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