THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 5
November 5 in history
What happened on November 5: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1914 and 1937, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Tanga
2-5 Nov 1914 — Lettow-Vorbeck’s askari, outnumbered 8-to-1, rout a British-Indian landing (helped, the story goes, by swarming bees). His East African force will keep 130,000 imperial troops chasing it until after the armistice.
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— Hossbach Memorandum
5 Nov 1937 — In a four-hour secret conference, Hitler tells his service chiefs Germany must seize living space by force, by 1943–45 at the latest. His adjutant’s minutes become a key exhibit at Nuremberg.
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