23rd July
Troops

On this day in military history…

  • 1914 Austri-Hungry issues ultimatum to Serbia to surpress the pan-Serbian movement and arrest the members this draconian order did not sit well with leaders
  • 1942 Germans set up the feared concentration camp Treblinka in occupied Poland with 2 buildings housing 10 gas chambers which were firstly powered by truck exhaust fumes before been modified to use zyklon B gas
  • 1964 VC ambush 4 US truck convoy  carrying aid and re supplies in Darlac province,the local Marine base close by reacts and manages to rapidly deploy to the convoy with some success saving some lives

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