MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · August 2
THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 2
August 2 in history
216 BC
Cannae. Hannibal’s smaller army swallows eight Roman legions whole — the double envelopment every general since has dreamed of.
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1945 — Potsdam Conference
17 Jul–2 Aug 1945 — The victors divide Germany into occupation zones. Mid-conference Truman learns the bomb test worked, and mentions “a new weapon” to Stalin — who already knows.
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