THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 16
November 16 in history
What happened on November 16: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1920, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Evacuation of the Crimea
14–16 Nov 1920 — Some 150,000 soldiers and civilians leave the Crimea for Constantinople aboard 146 ships. The evacuation proceeds in good order. It is the Whites’ Dunkirk: the army escapes, but its cause is lost and its exile permanent.
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