100 years ago today.
Poland miraculously defeats Russia at the Battle of Warsaw.
This victory halted the spread of communism. With a communist Poland
on its doorstep, communism rather than fascism, could have likely dictated
the political scene in Germany, and any European war would likely have seen
the might of Russia and Germany united against western Europe.
On this date in 1985, a U.S.-French expedition located the wreckage of the Titanic on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean roughly 400 miles off Newfoundland.
On this date in 1813, an American naval force commanded by Oliver H. Perry defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Afterward, Perry sent the message, "We have met the enemy and they are ours."
On this date in 1862, Union forces repulsed a Confederate invasion of Maryland in the Civil War battle of Antietam. With 23,100 killed, wounded or captured, it remains the bloodiest day in U.S. military history.
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