THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 10
November 10 in history
What happened on November 10: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1799 and 1917, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Coup of 18 Brumaire
9–10 Nov 1799 — Bonaparte overthrows the Directory at Saint-Cloud with soldiers in the chamber. The Revolution has produced its general; the Republic will die of him.
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— Battle of Passchendaele
31 Jul-10 Nov 1917 — Third Ypres: three months in liquid mud for eight kilometers and a quarter-million casualties on each side. Men and mules drown in shell craters. It stands here as memory as much as strategy. Remember.
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