Circle of Condemned Plans Belgian Uprising in London
In a London meeting, eight Belgians, known as Cercle des Evades, plotted a general uprising timed with the Allied invasion of Western Europe. They toasted resilience, pinned Croix des Evades on new escapees, and voiced hopes for liberation by May.
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Cercle Des Evades
German Guns Pound Beach at Anzio in Heavy Barrage
Allied headquarters in Naples report a German artillery barrage on the Anzio beach-head hitting about 4,000 shells in half an hour amid 15 Luftwaffe raids with no damage from the airstrikes. American troops capture a dozen prisoners near Cisterna as Italian Liberation Corps expands from a small unit to battalion strength and fights near Monte Marrone.
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Chinese encyclopedia 1726 edition spans five thousand volumes
In 1726 the Chinese published an encyclopedia of 5 020 volumes containing standard Chinese works from 1100 B C to 1700 A D This massive compendium aggregates classical texts across three millennia and reflects scholarly effort to codify Chinese literature and knowledge.
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