On 16 December 1944 Germany opened the Battle of the Bulge: more than 200,000 troops and about 1,000 tanks struck four American divisions in the Ardennes, aiming for Antwerp. The Americans held the key road junctions, and by late January 1945 the Germans had been driven back. In 1598 Admiral Yi Sun-sin was killed winning the sea battle of Noryang.
The Battle of the Bulge
16 December 1944 · 81 years ago
More than 200,000 German troops and about 1,000 tanks attacked four American divisions in the Ardennes, aiming for Antwerp. The Americans held the road junctions of St. Vith and Bastogne, and by 25 January 1945 the Allies had won the Battle of the Bulge, Germany's last major offensive in the west.
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16 December 1598 · 427 years ago
Joseon and Ming fleets under Yi Sun-sin and Chen Lin intercepted the Japanese fleet of Shimazu Yoshihiro in the Noryang strait as it sailed to relieve Konishi Yukinaga's garrison at Suncheon. The allies destroyed or captured much of the Japanese fleet, but Konishi's force escaped and Yi was killed by a Japanese bullet. Soon afterward the Japanese armies left Korea, ending the Imjin War.
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16 December 1838 · 187 years ago
A Voortrekker party under Andries Pretorius, behind a laager of linked wagons on the Ncome River, faced a far larger army of the Zulu king Dingane in today's KwaZulu-Natal. The Zulu suffered very heavy losses while only a few trekkers were wounded.
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