October 24
1795 The third partition of Poland is made, between Austria, Prussia and Russia.
1798 George Washington acknowledges his belief in the existence of the Illuminati and the principles of Jacobinism already active in the US It "is too evident to be questioned" Washington writes. (THP)
1802 Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild is initiated into Emulation Lodge No. 12, London. (THP)
1917 WW1: The Battle of Caporetto begins. A pivotal conflict between the Austrians and Germans, on the one hand, and the Italians, who are to suffer a devastating defeat. "...Erwin Rommel added lustre to his military career leading a company of Wuerttemberg mountain troops during this battle and capturing 3,000 Italians, winning a Pour le Mérite in process. His genius was shown by capturing Monte Matajur, southwest of Caporetto. He led 300 men high up into an Italian stronghold to capture a gun battery, then swinging around and capturing 2,000 troops. Rommel was ordered to defend his captured territory, but did not hesitate and captured 1,200 more Italians by convincing them that his force was the mere vanguard of thousands more..."
1917 Russian Revolution: For Lenin's Call to Power click here. Lenin's Statement of Bolshevik Demands: "The Councils of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Delegates must at once take every practicable and feasible step for the realization of the Socialist program. The Bolsheviki demand a republic of the Councils of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Delegates; abolition of the standing army and the police, substituting for them an armed people; officials to be not only elected but also subject to recall and their pay not to exceed that of a good worker..."
1918 WW1: Italian forces attack Austrian positions in Italy at the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, but are quickly halted on the Piave River line. "...The attack opened on 23 October 1918 with an Italian advance in the mountains. However the extent of Austro-Hungarian resistance surprised Diaz and succeeded in preventing any significant Italian gains, although the Austro-Hungarians were obliged to bring up reserves from the Lower Piave. Such reserves could be ill-afforded given that the main Italian advance began the same day..."
1923 Weimar: 14 policemen are killed and 100 wounded during a Communist insurrection in Hamburg. (THP)
1929 Black Thursday: The New York Stock Exchange crashes, quickly setting off a worldwide economic depression. Investors who had been "buying stock on margin," (generally 10%) are devastated when their "24-hour broker call loans " are all called in at the same time. This means that the stock brokers and their customers have to dump their stocks in order to pay off their loans. Put simply, when all the sellers offer their stock at the same time, prices plummet.
1929 Black Thursday: Winston Churchill is personally brought to the New York Stock Exchange by Bernard Baruch. Some conspiracy-oriented historians are convinced that Churchill is brought to witness the crash firsthand because it is desired that he see the power of the banking system at work. (THP)
1935 Catholic and Protestant leaders urge America not to participate in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. "...In 1931, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 1936 Summer Olympics to Berlin. The choice signaled Germany's return to the world community after its isolation in the aftermath of defeat in World War I. Two years later, Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany and quickly turned the nation's fragile democracy into a one-party dictatorship that persecuted Jews, Roma (Gypsies), all political opponents, and others. The Nazi claim to control all aspects of German life also extended to sports. German sports imagery of the 1930s served to promote the myth of “Aryan” racial superiority and physical prowess. In sculpture and in other forms, German artists idealized athletes' well-developed muscle tone and heroic strength and accentuated ostensibly Aryan facial features. Such imagery also reflected the importance the Nazi regime placed on physical fitness, a prerequisite for military service..."
1938 German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Polish Ambassador Lipski meet at Berchtesgaden. Ribbentrop invites Polish Foreign Minister Beck to visit Berlin and puts forward the following suggestions: (1) Danzig to be a German city. (2) Free port for Poland in Danzig with communications assured by extraterritorial railroad and highway through Danzig. (3) An Extraterritorial zone one kilometer wide for a railroad and highway across the Polish Corridor uniting the two portions of Germany carved out at Versailles. (4) Both nations to recognize and guarantee their frontiers. (5) An extension of the German-Polish treaty of Friendship. These proposals are standing and open until August 10, 1939, when Poland will reject them and declare "any intervention by the Reich Government (will be regarded as) an act of aggression."
1940 WW2: Hitler meets General Petain at Montoire. Petain rejects the idea of a Franco-German military alliance. "...when Hitler met Pétain at Montoire in October 1940 to discuss Vichy's role in the new European Order, the Marshal "listened to Hitler in silence. Not once did he offer a sympathetic word for Germany". However, Vichy France remained neutral as a state, albeit opposed to the Free French. After the British attack on Mers el Kébir and Dakar, Pétain took the initiative to collaborate with the occupiers..."
1941 Barbarossa: Kharkov falls to the Wehrmarcht, netting yet another Russian Army Group. Heeresgruppe Mitte (von Bock) capture Charkov and Belgorod.
1942 WW2: The Cafe Club (German recreation center in Warsaw) is bombed by Polish People's Guard in retaliation for public execution of 50 Poles. (See Oct 20)
1943 WW2: Anti-nazi Clandestine Radio Soldatsender Calais begins transmitting.
1943 WW2: The Red Army achieves a breakthrough on the Dnepr river and captures Melitopol.
1944 WW2: The aircraft carrier USS Princeton is sunk by a single Japanese plane during the last day of Battle of Leyte Gulf. "...Shortly before 1000, a lone enemy dive-bomber came out of the clouds above Princeton. At 1500 feet the pilot released his bomb. It hit between the elevators , crashed through the flight deck and hanger, then exploded. Initial fires soon expanded as further explosions sent black smoke rolling off the flight deck and red flames along the sides from the island to the stern. Covering vessels provided rescue and fire-fighting assistance and shielded the stricken carrier from further attack..."
1945 United Nations: The UN Charter comes into force with just 29 signatories at this point. The organization's stated purposes are to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war," develop friendly relations among states, cooperate in solving international economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems, and promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
1946 Death: Dr. Robert Ley, Hitler's 'Labor Leader', commits suicide in Allied captivity. His suicide note reads (in part), "I have always been one of the responsible men. I was with Hitler in the good days...I wanted to be with him in the black days. God led me in whatever I did. He led me up and now he lets me fall. I am torturing myself to find the reasons for my downfall, and this is the result of my contemplation's. We have forsaken God and therefore were forsaken by God. Anti-Semitism distorted our outlook and we made grave errors. It is hard to admit these mistakes but the whole existence of our people is in question. We Nazis must have the courage to rid ourselves of Anti-Semitism. We have to declare to our youth that it was a mistake. The youth will not believe our opponents. We have to meet the Jews with open hearts. German people, reconcile yourselves with the Jew. Invite him into your home with you. We cannot stop the excited sea at once but must let her calm down gradually, otherwise terrible repercussions would result. A complete reconciliation with the Jews has priority over economic or cultural reconstruction. We outspoken Anti-Semites have to become the first fighters for the new ideas. We have to show the people the way." Note: Goering, upon hearing of Ley's suicide, remarks, "It's just as well that he's dead, because I had my doubts how he would behave at the trial."
1945 Death: Vidkun Quisling is executed by a firing squad in Norway.
1946 Death: Kurt Daluege, Commander-in-Chief of the Police of the German Reich and later Deputy Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. Daluege joined the NSDAP in 1922 and in March 1926 founded and led the first SA group in Berlin and North Germany, a position he held until 1928, when he transferred to the SS. For the next five years he was Commander of SS units in East Germany, organizing special shock battalions for surprise attacks on opponents. After Hitler came to power in 1933, he was given the special assignment of purging the police apparatus of Hitler's opponents, and was largely responsible for turning the police into an instrument of the Nazi regime. Promoted to SS General in 1934, he subsequently became the most powerful policeman in the SS, second in rank only to Himmler. After Heydrich's death, he became Deputy Protector of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942, and was said to have been responsible for the destruction of the village of Lidice. He is executed by the Czechs this day.
1954 Birth: Walter John Loepp Jr. Maternal ancestry Irish and Polish, paternal German. Family name before Americanized: von Löpp. Mennonite immigrant great-grandfather, fifth son of a minor landholder, left Germany to avoid military conscription, fought in US Civil War, acquired farm in Pennsylvania for service: a typical von Löpp contradiction. Founder of The Propagander Pages.
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