MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · July 5
THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 5
July 5 in history
1943
Kursk: the greatest armored battle in history opens against defenses four months deep. Germany’s last offensive in the East dies in a week.
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1962 — Algiers — independence at last
5 Jul 1962 — After 132 years of French rule and nearly eight years of war, Algeria is free. Almost a million pieds-noirs flee to France; Ahmed Ben Bella leads a country bled white.
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