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- Dag Hammarskjöld Former UN Secretary-General

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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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