the Second World War. Vickers-Armstrongs produced over 100 of them, but
the tanks had design flaws and most remained in Britain. Twenty were
sent to the USSR as part of the Lend-Lease program. In early 1941 one
Royal Armoured Corps squadron used in overseas amphibious operations was
equipped with Tetrarchs, and in May 1942 a few joined the British force
invading Madagascar. During the British airborne landings in Normandy in
June 1944, the 6th Airborne Division used around 20 Tetrarchs, but those
not lost in accidents proved to be inferior in firepower and armour to
the German armoured fighting vehicles. The tanks were removed from
direct engagement with German armour, and all were replaced with
Cromwell cruiser tanks and M22 Locusts by December. Tetrarchs did not
see any further combat, and the last was retired in 1950. There were
several variations on the design, including the Alecto self-propelled
gun and the Light Tank Mk VIII, but none of these were used in active
service with the British Army.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Tank_Mk_VII_Tetrarch>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
715:
The papacy of Gregory II began; his conflict with Byzantine
emperor Leo III eventually led to the establishment of the popes'
temporal power.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_II>
1499:
Thirteen-year-old Catherine of Aragon, the future first wife of
Henry VIII of England, was married by proxy to his brother, 12-year-old
Arthur, Prince of Wales.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon>
1780:
A combination of thick smoke, fog, and heavy cloud cover caused
darkness to fall on parts of Canada and the New England area of the
United States by noon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England%27s_Dark_Day>
1911:
Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, was
established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the
Interior.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_Canada>
1991:
Despite a boycott by the local Serb population, voters in
Croatia passed a referendum supporting independence from the Socialist
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_independence_referendum,_1991>
More anniversaries:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_independence_referendum,_1991>
May 18
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_independence_referendum,_1991>
May 19
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_19>
May 20
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_19>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
front runner:
(idiomatic) One of the most likely winners in a contest, election, etc.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/front_runner>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Progress leads to confusion leads to progress and on and on
without respite. Every one of the many major advances … created sooner
or later, more often sooner, new problems. These confusions, never twice
the same, are not to be deplored. Rather, those who participate
experience them as a privilege.
--Abraham Pais
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abraham_Pais>
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