Washington, D.C. • March 15, 1942 On this date in 1942 the U.S. War Department established the second of 3 tank battalions in what became the Fifth Armored Group, a predominately African American armored formation that served with distinction in World War II. The 3 black tank battalions were the 758th, activated in January 1941; the 761st, activated…
Prague, Czechoslovakia • March 15, 1939 From the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in November 1918 a half-dozen new states emerged. Among them were Austria and Czechoslovakia. When Austria was incorporated into Adolf Hitler’s Greater German Reich in March 1938, Czechoslovakia found itself inside a German pincer. On October 1, 1938, following the Munich Agreement signed…
Prague, Czechoslovakia · March 15, 1939 From the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in November 1918 a half-dozen new states emerged. Among them were Austria and Czechoslovakia. When Austria was incorporated into Adolf Hitler’s Greater German Reich in March 1938, Czechoslovakia found itself inside a German pincer. On October 1, 1938, following the Munich Agreement signed…