Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 29
1945 - The German Army in Italy surrendered unconditionally to the Allies.
1945 - In a bunker in Berlin, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were married. Hitler designated Admiral Karl Doenitz his successor.
Eva Braun met Hitler while employed as an assistant to Hitler’s
official [...]
Today in WWII History
World War II History
for April 28
1945 - Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.
1946 - The Allies indicted Tojo with 55 counts of war crimes.
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Photo of a street (Adalbertstr. geolocation: 52.508738,13.424703) in rubble in Berlin Germany after allied bombing, 1945.
Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 25
1945 - U.S. and Soviet forces met at Torgau, Germany on Elbe River.
On this day in 1945, eight Russian armies completely encircle Berlin, linking up with the U.S. First Army patrol, first on the western bank of the Elbe, then later at Torgau. Germany is, [...]
Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 24
1876 - Erich Raeder, commander in chief of the German navy, is born on this day
1940 - Britain begins its evacuation of Greece in Operation Demon
On this day in 1940, British forces, along with Australian, New
Zealand, and Polish troops, begin to withdraw from Greece in light [...]
Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 23
1942 - German bombers attacked, nicknamed the “Baedeker Raids,” Exeter and later Bath, Norwick, York, and other “medieval-city centres.” Almost 1,000 English civilians were killed.
On March 28 of the same year, 234 British bombers struck the German port of Lubeck, an industrial town [...]
World War II History for April 22
1944 - During World War II, the Allies launched a major attack,
Operation Persecution, against the Japanese in Hollandia, New Guinea.
The Japanese occupiers, only 15,000 in number, many of whom
were on administrative duty, fight for more than three months against
ludicrous odds at great cost: When the battle for the northern [...]
Anna Belle Maley, Warrant Officer, US Army, World War II & Korea
My adopted Mother loved the Army and America; she joined the WACs before they were officially part of the Army at the age of 18 in Houston, Texas. She served prior to WW-II, and was there in WW-II at the very beginning. [...]
Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 21
1943 - U.S. President Roosevelt announced that several Doolittle pilots had been executed by the Japanese.
1945 - Soviet forces assaulted the headquarters of the German High Command in south Berlin.
The only remaining opposing “force” to the Russian invasion of Berlin are the “battle groups” of Hitler [...]
Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 20
1889 - Adolf Hitler was born.
1942 - Pierre Laval, the premier of Vichy France, in a radio broadcast, establishes a policy of “true reconciliation with Germany.”
1943 - Nazi began the massacre of Jews in the Warsaw ghetto.
1944 - Turkey stopped exporting chrome to Germany. On August [...]
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