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  • Lublin, Poland
    Tuesday Jul 25, 1944
    The Holocaust

    Majdanek encountered by Allied troops

    Lublin, Poland
    Tuesday Jul 25, 1944

    The first major camp to be encountered by Allied troops, Majdanek, was discovered by the advancing Soviets, along with its gas chambers, on 25 July 1944.




  • Rome, Italy
    Tuesday Jul 25, 1944
    Winston Churchill

    King Victor Emmanuel sacked Mussolini

    Rome, Italy
    Tuesday Jul 25, 1944

    King Victor Emmanuel sacked Mussolini on 25 July and appointed Marshal Badoglio as Prime Minister. Badoglio opened negotiations with the Allies which resulted in the Armistice of Cassibile on 3 September.




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