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Podcast – D-Day Broadcast Pt 4

Steven Terjeson | July 31, 2008

World War II History – Audio Feature
Podcast: Columbia News Broadcast – D-Day Broadcast Pt 4
This audio program is the 4th part of the news broadcast after the landings in Normandy on D-Day (44-Jun-06) that went out to the United States.

 
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World War II History for July 26

Steven Terjeson | July 26, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for July 26
1941 – U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt seized all Japanese assets in the United States in retaliation for the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China.
1945 – Winston Churchill resigned as Britain’s prime minister.

Photo – US Navy Hellcat

Steven Terjeson | July 25, 2008

Photo – World War II – Color
US Navy Hellcat fighter on aircraft carrier deck.

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Podcast – World War II History for July 25

Steven Terjeson | July 25, 2008

World War II History – Audio Feature
Podcast: World War II History for July 25
Read the audio text at http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-july-25.

 
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World War II History for July 25

Steven Terjeson | July 25, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for July 25
1934 – Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss was shot and killed by Nazis.
1941 – The U.S. government froze all Japanese and Chinese assets.
1943 – Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was overthrown in a coup.
Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator of Italy, is voted out of power by his [...]

Podcast – D-Day Broadcast Pt 3

Steven Terjeson | July 25, 2008

World War II History – Audio Feature
Podcast: Columbia News Broadcast – D-Day Broadcast Pt 3
This audio program is the 3rd part of the news broadcast after the landings in Normandy on D-Day (44-Jun-06) that went out to the United States.

 
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Podcast – D-Day Broadcast Pt 2

Steven Terjeson | July 24, 2008

World War II History – Audio Feature
Podcast: Columbia News Broadcast – D-Day Broadcast Pt 2
This audio program is the 2nd part of the CBS news broadcast after the landings in Normandy on D-Day (44-Jun-06) that went out to the United States, BBC news updates, and more.

 
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World War II History for July 24

Steven Terjeson | July 24, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for July 24
1941 – Japan invaded China by moving through Southeast Asia, an area that France had long occupied. France had “agreed” to the occupation under Petain’s puppet government.
1943 – Britain launched Operation Gomorrah. The operation was consisted of repeated bombing raids against Hamburg’s industrial and munition [...]

WW2 vet gets long-lost Army cup back

Steven Terjeson | July 23, 2008

WW2 vet gets long-lost Army cup back
July 23, 2008 – UPI.com
BROOKSVILLE, Fla., July 23 (UPI) — Years after a Florida man lost the tin cup he carried as a soldier through Africa and Europe, he got it back from a woman who found it in a New York field.
Leonard Noreen’s name and serial number were [...]

World War II History for July 23

Steven Terjeson | July 23, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for July 23
1940 – The Soviet Union took control of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

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