Today In History

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5 January 1940

In the Battle of Suomussalmi, Finnish troops encircle 18,000 Soviet troops north of Lake Ladoga.

The first Swedish volunteers arrive in Finland to help in the war against the Soviet Union.

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21 January 1943

Soviet troops captured Voroshilovsky and Stavropol in the Caucasus region of southern Russia, claiming 500,000 German dead and 200,000 Germans captured in the last two months of fighting.


 

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24 January 1859

The Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities or, unofficially, the Little Union Day is a public holiday of Romania celebrated every 24 January to commemorate the unification of the Romanian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia), also known as the "Little Union", on 24 January 1859 under prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza.

 

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