THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 5
July 5 in history
What happened on July 5: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1943, 1962 and 1969, each linked to the map that shows it.
Kursk: the greatest armored battle in history opens against defenses four months deep. Germany’s last offensive in the East dies in a week.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE WW2 MAP →
— Independence of Algeria
5 Jul 1962 — French rule in Algeria ends after 132 years, nearly eight of them spent at war. Almost a million pieds-noirs flee to France, and Ahmed Ben Bella leads a country exhausted by the fighting.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Nairobi
1899–1969 — Nairobi began as a railway depot in 1899 and became the capital in 1905. Its later history includes two very different moments: in April 1954 Operation Anvil sealed the city and sent tens of thousands of men to camps; on 5 July 1969 Tom Mboya, seen as Kenyatta’s likely heir, was shot dead here.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE TWO ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
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