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Steven Terjeson | March 31, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 31
1941 – Germany began a counter offensive in North Africa.
1948 – The Soviets in Germany began controlling the Western trains headed toward Berlin.
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Steven Terjeson | March 28, 2008
Eisenhower talks with 101st Airborne troops June 5, 1944, before they launch D-Day. (Full Size)
Fighter squadrons fly over Navy vessels on their way to invade Germany (Full Size)
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Steven Terjeson | March 28, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 28
1933 – In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.
1941 – The Italian fleet was defeated by the British at the Battle of Matapan.
Cunningham leads fateful British strike at Italians
Andrew Browne Cunningham, Admiral of the British Fleet, commands the [...]
Steven Terjeson | March 27, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 27
1933 – About 55,000 people staged a protest against Hitler in New York City.
1941 – Tokeo Yoshikawa arrived in Oahu, HI, and began spying for Japan on the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
1942 – The British raided the Nazi submarine base at St. Nazaire, France.
1944 – [...]
Steven Terjeson | March 26, 2008
1) What was the code name for the teams of Allied agents parachuted behind German lines prior to the Normandy invasion of D-Day?
A Juneaus
B Jedburghs
C Johnnies
D Jerries
2) What was the common name of the German JU-87?
A Stuka
B Junker
C Gotha Go
D Heinkel
3) Canada on D-Day:
A Jasper
B Joker
C Jellyroll
D Juno
4) Which one of [...]
Steven Terjeson | March 26, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 26
1938 – Herman Goering warned all Jews to leave Austria.
1942 – The Germans began sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland.
1945 – The battle of Iwo Jima ended.
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Steven Terjeson | March 25, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 25
1941 – Yugoslavia joined the Axis powers by signing the Tripartite Pact.
A unified nation of Yugoslavia, an uneasy federation of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, was a response to the collapse of the Ottoman and Hapsburg empires at the close of World War I, both of which [...]
Steven Terjeson | March 25, 2008
A WWII Hero: Butch O’Hare
World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch O’Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific. One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized [...]
Steven Terjeson | March 24, 2008
WWII Doolittle raider dead at 95
SALEM, Ore., March 24 (UPI) — Jacob DeShazer, a participant in the famous Doolittle raid over Japan during World War II, has died at his home in Oregon at the age of 95.
DeShazer was in the last B-25 to depart from the carrier Hornet for a daylight bombing run that [...]
Steven Terjeson | March 24, 2008
HMS Ark Royal (91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War and was torpedoed on 13 November 1941 by the German submarine U-81. She was designed in 1934 to meet the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty, and was built by Cammell Laird and Company, Ltd. at [...]
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