4 Feb 1945: Prime Minister Churchill, President Roosevelt and dictator Stalin meet at Livadia Palace beginning the #Yalta Conference to determine how to organize post-war Europe.Soviets would renege on promise to hold free elections in Poland. #WW2#ad https://t.co/Pk4EJerEF5
31 Jan 1943: German Field Marshal Friedrich #Paulus surrenders to the #Soviets during the Battle of #Stalingrad. Two days later the rest of his Sixth #Army surrenders. Hitler had appointed him Field Marshal in hopes he would commit suicide. #History#ad https://t.co/qA7trlxubx
31 Jan 1606: #GuyFawkes is hanged, drawn and quartered for his role in the Gunpowder Plot. He is a member of a group of English #Catholics who were trying to overthrow the #Protestant King James I and replace him with his daughter #Princess Elizabeth. #ad https://t.co/y3ytz1OY5x
20 Nov 1945: The Nuremberg trials begin at the Palace of #Justice in Nuremberg, Germany. More than 200 Nazis accused of war crimes during World War II were put on trial. #WWII#WW2#history#trial#court#WarCrimes#OTD#ad https://t.co/yRPlm96Map
Students @FormbyHigh encounter an individual every morning during form in the run up to Remembrance Day. They’ll be reflecting on/discussing the impact of local lads such as Tom Bailey, women like Edith Cavell and those of the ‘forgotten armies’ like Walter Tull🌹#historyteacher