Today in history

[gadjo_dilo]

23 August 1939 - it was signed The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, named after the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov and the Nazi German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, officially the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Pact ensured a non-involvement of the Soviet Union in a European War, as well as separating Germany and Japan from forming a military alliance, thus allowing Stalin to concentrate on Japan in the battles of Khalkhin Gol (Nomonhan). The pact remained in effect until 22 June 1941, when Germany invaded the Soviet Union. It also included a secret protocol that divided territories of Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland into Nazi and Soviet "spheres of influence", anticipating potential "territorial and political rearrangements" of these countries. Thereafter, Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939. The Soviet Union would not invade Poland until the Nomonhan incident was officially concluded by the Molotov–Togo agreement, which it was on 15 September 1939, taking effect on 16 September, at which time Stalin ordered Soviet forces to invade Poland on 17 September 1939.[3] Part of southeastern (Karelia) and Salla region in Finland were annexed by the Soviet Union after the Winter War. This was followed by Soviet annexations of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertza region.

[gadjo_dilo]

23 August 1944 - There are still debates if this day meant Romania's salvation ot an act of national treason.
King Michael I of Romania led the coup that put Romania on the Allied side.In a radio broadcast to the Romanian nation and army on the night of 23 August King Michael issued a cease-fire, proclaimed Romania's loyalty to the Allies, announced the acceptance of an armistice (to be signed on September 12)offered by Great Britain, the United States, and the USSR, and declared war on Germany. The coup accelerated the Red Army's advance into Romania, but did not avert a rapid Soviet occupation and capture of about 130,000 Romanian soldiers, who were transported to the Soviet Union where many perished in prison camps. The armistice was signed three weeks later on 12 September 1944, on terms virtually dictated by the Soviet Union. Under the terms of the armistice, Romania announced its unconditional surrender to the USSR and was placed under occupation of the Allied forces with the Soviet Union as their representative, in control of media, communication, post, and civil administration behind the front. It has been suggested that the coup may have shortened World War II by up to six months, thus saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Some attribute the postponement of a formal Allied recognition of the de facto change of orientation until 12 September (the date the armistice was signed in Moscow) to the complexities of the negotiations between the USSR and UK.

Used to be our national day until 1989 and it was great cos it was on summer and we had 2 days off. Then it was changed as it's associated with the entrance of the Red Army with its horrible consequences.

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47 years ago

[gadjo_dilo]

47 years ago

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cheers gadji, that made my day

(donkeys are easy to please )

[gadjo_dilo]

Happy birthday old Virgo!

Stay cheeky and keep smiling. And make us smile too.

[airshifter]

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Today in history in the year 2013, gadjo_dilo exposes what happens when her and her gypsy friends get together. She is the one in the skimpy outfit.

[BleAivano]

50 years ago today.

Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 1963. Washington D.C. USA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs

[gadjo_dilo]

I wish.....

[D-Type]

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What! No 'Billy's missus' joke here yet?