On this day in 1918, Polish nationalists in Poznan launch an armed uprising against German rule. The violence is just one of several conflicts to break out in Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the First World War.

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U.S. Marines struggle ashore though 1 metre waves at Cape Gloucester, New Guinea. It happened on this day in 1943.

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Today in 1776, George Washington and 2,400 Continentals capture Trenton, NJ after crossing the Delaware the night before. The early-morning raid takes the Hessian garrison by surprise; 900 of the 1,500 defenders surrender. Washington's victory reenergizes the flagging rebellion.

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On this day in 1944, Patton's Third Army reaches the besieged 101st Airborne and 10th Armored divisions at Bastogne. The defenders had been holding out for six days.

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Today in 1915, one of WW1's oddest naval battles occurs as British motorboats Mimi & Toutou capture the German steamer Kingani on Lake Tanganyika between the Belgian Congo & German East Africa. Geoffrey Spicer-Simson, the eccentric British commander, renames his prize HMS Fifi.

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On this day in 1943, the German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk by the Royal Navy off Norway's North Cape.

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On this day in 1943, troops from the 1st Canadian Division capture the Italian city of Ortona. The victory marks the end of the Allies' "Bloody December."

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On this day in 1918, Polish nationalists in Poznan launch an armed uprising against German rule. The violence is just one of several conflicts to break out in Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the First World War.

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In December of 1944, American Infantrymen ride into battle atop a foliage-covered Sherman tank near Freyneux, Belgium. 🪖

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In 1943, a B-17 warms up in the snow, with hard working members of the 2nd Service Group at Meeks Field in Iceland. ✈️

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In December of 1944, General Matthew Ridgeway, the former commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, meets with the Division’s current commander, General James Gavin, during the Battle of the Bulge. 🪖

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Able Seaman Joe Nantais manning an Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft gun aboard HMCS Prince David near Kythira, Greece, on September 16, 1944.

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An Avro Lancaster of No. 625 Squadron RAF flys over the smoke-covered target during a daylight attack on German armour and troops concentrations at St. Vith, Belgium, in December, 1944.

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Flight crew of B-17F Fortress “Man-O-War” of the 306th Bomb Group in full flight dress, RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England, in October, 1942.

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A Chinese soldier of the 90th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division in a trench mans an American-made M1 81 millimeter caliber mortar during the #Battle of Bhamo of the Burma Campaign on December 8, 1944.

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Australian Bristol Beaufort twin-engined torpedo bombers of No. 8 and 100 Squadron RAAF taxiing to take off for a night raid on Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, on January 5, 1944.

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RAF ground crew handling a 12,000-lb MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Tallboy') that was later dropped on the La Coupole V-weapon site at Wizernes, France, in 1944.

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On this day in 1944, Hitler's generals carry out Germany's last major offensive in the West. Operation Nordwind sees Wehrmacht and SS troops strike at U.S. and French forces in Alsace and Lorraine. The push fails to forestall the Third Reich's inevitable collapse.

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On this day in 1972, President Nixon calls off the "Christmas Bombings" of North Vietnam after Hanoi agrees to resume peace talks in Paris. An estimated 1,600 civilians are killed in the raids; 16 B-52s are lost. A deal is reached three weeks later.

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