THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 5
November 5 in history
What happened on November 5: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1914 and 1937, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Tanga
2-5 Nov 1914 — A British-Indian landing force meets Lettow-Vorbeck’s askari at Tanga. Though outnumbered 8-to-1, the askari rout it; swarming bees help, so the story goes. Lettow-Vorbeck’s East African force keeps 130,000 imperial troops in pursuit until after the armistice.
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— Hossbach Memorandum
5 Nov 1937 — At a secret conference lasting four hours, Hitler tells his service chiefs that Germany must seize living space by force, by 1943–45 at the latest. His adjutant’s minutes later become a key exhibit at Nuremberg.
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