On December 24, 1944 the Germans reach the village of Celles, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. It was one of the furthest points they reached before the British 29th Armoured Brigade was able to halt them near the Meuse river. This tank stands as a memorial at the place the bulge was stopped.
The German battleship Scharnhorst was sunk on December 26, 1943 at the Battle of the North Cape. Out of a crew of 1,968 only 36 men survived. She was one of the first capital ships built by the Germans since WWI. She recorded the longest range hit by a ship's guns at 25.6 km (15.9 mi). [1,240 x 779]
On July 15th, 1799, French soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Pierre-Francois Bouchard were strengthening their defenses near Rosetta. A couple of soldiers found a piece of granodiorite and called Pierre over. They noticed the piece contained 3 types of script. They had found the Rosetta Stone
On the July 25, 306 Roman troops proclaimed Constantine, Augustus (Emperor). He would rule the Roman Empire for 31 years (18 of which he shared with co-emperors), the longest reigning emperor since Augustus. He fought many wars with the barbarians and play a major role in the spread of Christianity.
December 15, 2022 marks Nero's 1,985th birthday. Fun Fact: His name at birth was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. He only acquired the name Nero when the emperor Claudius adopted him. His full adopted name was Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus. When he became emperor he replace Drusus with Augustus
HMS Prince of Wales (53) in early 1941. She was commissioned on January 19, 1941 and would serve the Royal Navy for nearly a year. During her career, she fought against the German battleship Bismark and served in the Mediterranean sea before being sunk by Japanese aircraft in December. [1,439 x 482]
