Daily Archives: January 9, 2023

Red Army launches final assault on Germans trapped at Stalingrad 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 10 1943)

1940s, World War II


Video: '177- Food for Leningrad, Breaking the Siege! - WW2 - January 15th, 1943' (Operation Koltso at 0:57)

(Sunday, January 10, 1943, 8:05 a.m. local time; during the Battle of Stalingrad on the Eastern Front in the European theatre of World War II) — The Red Army today launched Operation Koltso under the command of General Konstantin Rokossovsky, the final annihilation of the tattered remnants of Germany’s Sixth Army, which was surrounded at Stalingrad and refused surrender terms on Jan. 8, 1943, by its commander, Friedrich “José” Paulus. Continue reading Red Army launches final assault on Germans trapped at Stalingrad 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 10 1943) →

U.S. President Richard Nixon born in Yorba Linda, California 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 9 1913)

1910s, U.S. Presidents

Video: 'PBS Nixon (1990)_1of3'

(Thursday, January 9, 1913) — Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, was born today in what was then the township precinct of Yorba Linda, California, in a house built by his father, located on his family’s lemon ranch. Continue reading U.S. President Richard Nixon born in Yorba Linda, California 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 9 1913) →