I wanted to reveal that one tomorrow!
OK, some news to keep Ludendorff's mood up: In 1870, our boys began the siege of Metz. Hey!
Some VERY VERY VERY BAD news for anyone interested in the rule of law: In 1942, Roland Freisler, practically evil incarnate in the form of a lawyer, became Presiding Judge of the Volksgerichtshof (People's Court). This is the opening of maybe the darkest chapter modern justice has ever written (he died in a bomb raid on his very court in February, 1945. He had ordered the defendants into a shelter and was picking up files, when Justice struck in the form of a dirct hit and falling masonry).
Extremely bad news for one Lev Davidovich Bronstein, who is attacked with an ice pick, of all things, in Mexico City on that day. Leo Trotzki died a day later.
Beresovsky, Litwinenko and the Skripals are all eeirly reminiscent of that high-profile we-will-get-you-anywhere-you-care-to-flee murder, aren't they?