THE DAY IN HISTORY · FEBRUARY 23
February 23 in history
What happened on February 23: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1944 and 1946, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush
23 Feb 1944 — On Red Army Day, NKVD troops began Operation Lentil, deporting the Chechens and Ingush to Kazakhstan and Kirghizia. About 496,000 people were deported within a week. Between about 100,000 and 200,000 died during the journey and in the first years of exile.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE SOVIET UNION UNDER STALIN MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Royal Indian Navy mutiny
18–23 Feb 1946 — Royal Indian Navy ratings struck over pay, food, and insult, and seized 78 ships. The tricolour and the crescent flew together from their mastheads. For London, the mutiny signaled that the Raj could no longer be sure of its sword arm.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE & PARTITION MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
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