The uprising in eastern Herzegovina on 23 June 1941 was a Serb rebellion against the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), an Axis puppet state established during World War II on the territory of the defeated Kingdom of Yugoslavia. As the NDH imposed its authority, members of the fascist Ustaše ruling party had begun a campaign of persecution against Serbs throughout the country. In eastern Herzegovina, the Ustaše perpetrated a series of massacres and attacks against the majority Serb population commencing in the first week of June, igniting a series of spontaneous clashes between the NDH authorities and groups of Serbs. On 23 June, the day after the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, sporadic revolts erupted into mass rebellion, triggered by Ustaše persecution, Serb solidarity with the Russian people, hatred and fear of the NDH authorities, and other factors. The Italians intervened after several setbacks for the NDH forces, who regained full control of all towns and transport routes by 7 July.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1757:

Seven Years' War: British forces under Robert Clive defeated troops under Siraj ud-Daulah at the Battle of Plassey, allowing the British East India Company to annex Bengal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey

1858:

Edgardo Mortara, a six-year-old Jewish boy, was seized by papal authorities and taken to be raised as a Roman Catholic, sparking an international controversy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortara_case

1887:

The Parliament of Canada passed the Rocky Mountains Park Act, creating Banff National Park (Lake Louise pictured) as the country's first national park. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park

1956:

Gamal Abdel Nasser became President of Egypt, a post he held until his death in 1970. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser

2014:

Under the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 2118, the last of Syria's declared chemical weapons were shipped out for destruction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Syria%27s_chemical_weapons

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

linocut: (art, printing) A type of woodcut in which a block of linoleum is used for the relief surface; the design cut into the block. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/linocut

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