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The Duke of Windsor inspecting German troops

The 1937 tour of Germany by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor was opposed by the British government, which feared that Nazi Germany would use the visit for propaganda. After Edward VIII's abdication in December 1936, his brother George VI became king. Given the title of Duke of Windsor, Edward married Wallis Simpson in June 1937. He appeared to have been sympathetic to Germany in this period and announced his intention to travel there privately to tour factories. He promised the British government that he would keep a low profile, and the tour went ahead between 12 and 23 October. The Windsors visited factories, many of which were producing materiel as Germany rearmed, and the Duke inspected German troops (pictured). They dined with prominent Nazis, including Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Albert Speer, and also had tea with Adolf Hitler at his house at Berchtesgaden. (Full article...)

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March 31: International Transgender Day of Visibility; Farmworkers Day in various U.S. states

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1146 – French abbot Bernard of Clairvaux preached a sermon to a crowd at a council in Vézelay, with King Louis VII in attendance, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade.
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The Grimsel Pass is a mountain pass in Switzerland that crosses the Bernese Alps at an elevation of 2,164 metres (7,100 ft). It connects the Haslital, the upper valley of the river Aare, with the upper valley of the Rhône. A 38-kilometre (24 mi) paved road between Gletsch and Meiringen follows the pass; owing to high snowfall, this road is generally closed between October and May. This panoramic photograph of the Grimsel Pass was taken in June 2011. The two lakes visible in the image are the Grimselsee (foreground) and the Räterichsbodensee (background).

Photograph credit: Heinrich Pniok

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