Anniversaries: X years ago today

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English-speaking community for anniversaries. This also includes personal events!

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X ≥ 5.
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crimeschneck

80 years ago today, the commander of the Berlin Defence Area, General Helmuth Weidling, surrendered to Lieutenant-General Vasily Chuikov, commander of the Soviet 8th Guards Army. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] Vijfsnippervijf 2 points 6 days ago

This is to be celebrated! Big thanks to the USSR for liberating western Europe as well. Without them and the Americans we were still stuck in Nazi Germany. O well, here we go again thanks to... America and Russia.