THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 25
August 25 in history
What happened on August 25: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1270, 1920 and 1944, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Siege of Tunis
25 Aug 1270 — on his second crusade, Louis IX dies of dysentery in the camp outside Tunis, for reasons of strategy no one has ever fully explained. The last great royal crusade ends before it begins.
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— Battle of Warsaw
13–25 Aug 1920 — The Red Army reaches Radzymin on the edge of Warsaw, then Piłsudski’s counterstroke from the Wieprz river breaks it apart. Poles call it the Miracle on the Vistula. The battle, more than any decision in Paris, settles where Poland’s eastern border will run.
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Paris is liberated. Against orders, its German commander has declined to burn it; de Gaulle walks down the Champs-Élysées.
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