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Daily Quiz for April 21, 2012

by HistoryNet Staff4/21/2012

This armed group of guerrilla fighters lost their Allied support in 1944 when they were accused of cooperating with the Nazis.

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Daily Quiz for April 20, 2012

by HistoryNet Staff4/20/2012

This man served with the 4th Hussars in India during the Malakand expedition in 1897, later writing The Story of the Malakand Field Force.

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Daily Quiz for April 19, 2012

by HistoryNet Staff4/19/2012

This Union general’s last words reportedly were, "I am killed."

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Daily Quiz for April 18, 2012

by HistoryNet Staff4/18/2012

German general Erich von Ludendorff called the first day of this battle the "black day of the German army in the history of the war."

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Guts: The Mission Beyond Darkness

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The men of the Marianas Turkey Shoot thought they were flying to their deaths.

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Daily Quiz for April 17, 2012

by HistoryNet Staff4/17/2012

The Indian Mutiny of 1857 was ignited over racial discrimination within the East India Company and a rumor that these were greased in pig or cow fat.

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Remembering the Forgotten Titanic Memorial

by Kim A. O'Connell4/16/20124/13/2016

Just past midnight on April 15, 2012, a group of 20 men in tuxedoes […]

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Education Center at The Wall – The Faces Behind the Names

by Roger L. Vance4/16/20124/13/2016

The faces of the names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be projected onto a giant wall at the new Education Center.

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Daily Quiz for April 16, 2012

by HistoryNet Staff4/16/2012

This monarch fled to the Ottoman Empire after trying to stir up resistance against Russia in cooperation with the Cossacks.

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Daily Quiz for April 15, 2012

by HistoryNet Staff4/15/2012

Robert the Bruce of Scotland decisively defeated the English at this battle, using a sheltron pike formation.

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