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Date October 7, 1571
Location Italy • Mediterranean Sea
Participants Ottoman Empire • Venice

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Juan de Austria
Spanish military officer
Sokollu Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier

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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
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Caption: It May be Turned to Mourning for its Loss. Our picture shows a group of the wounded lately from the Dardanelles, Ottoman Empire (Turkey) at the festivities, ca. 1914-1918. (World War I)
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D-Day. American soldiers fire rifles, throw grenades and wade ashore on Omaha Beach next to a German bunker during D Day landing. 1 of 5 Allied beachheads est. in Normandy, France. The Normandy Invasion of World War II launched June 6, 1944.
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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
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