THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 20
July 20 in history
What happened on July 20: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1944 and 1967, each linked to the map that shows it.
A bomb detonates under Hitler’s map table. He survives; the regime’s vengeance welds army to party for the war’s most destructive year.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE WW2 MAP →
— Wuhan Incident
20 Jul 1967 — Soldiers and the mass organisation “Million Heroes”, backed by the regional commander Chen Zaidao, seize two envoys from Beijing while Mao himself is secretly in the city. Mao is flown out to Shanghai and Chen is removed. The incident showed how close the movement had come to splitting the army.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC UNDER MAO MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
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