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Paratroopers Over the Nile: When Europe's Empire Began to Crumble
In November 1956, the skies above Egypt darkened with aircraft. For seven days, British and French bombers unleashed their payload across the nation. Then came the paratroopers—boots on Egyptian soil, a final imperial ga...
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7- 1911 After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica. 🇱🇾 Libya
- 1911 Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica after declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911. 🇱🇾 Libya
- 1945 The three-day anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania commence. 🇱🇾 Libya
- 1945 Three-day anti-Jewish riots commence in Tripolitania. 🇱🇾 Libya
- 1956 Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign. 🇪🇬 Egypt
- 1956 British and French paratroopers land in Egypt following a week-long bombing campaign during the Suez Crisis. 🇪🇬 Egypt
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Clemens Kapuuo elected inaugural President of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), with Dirk Mudge as Chairman, positioning the DTA as the main moderate multi-racial alternative to SWAPO.