World War II History - Olympics Audio Feature
Podcast: The Opening of the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Today in honor of the Opening of the Olympic games in Beijing (08/08/08), we bring you a radio broadcast from the 1936 Berlin Olympics, just before WW II.
72 years ago RRG sends out a speech by Adolph Hitler opening [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 8
1940 - The German Luftwaffe began a series of daylight air raids on Great Britain.
1942 - Six Nazi saboteurs were executed in Washington after conviction. Two others were cooperative and received life in prison.
1945 - The United Nations Charter was signed by U.S. President Truman.
1945 [...]
WW2 ‘Great Escape’ mastermind dies at 92
2008/08/08
Eric Dowling, who helped plan the mass wartime breakout from a German prison camp that inspired the movie The Great Escape, has died at 92.
Peter Dowling said his father died at a nursing home near Bristol in southwest England on July 21, a day before his 93rd birthday. The [...]
Tucholski, WW II Vet, Dies at 85
http://www.antonnews.com/roslynnews/2008/08/08/news/
John P. Tucholski, a life-long resident of Roslyn Heights who served both his country as an honored World War II veteran and his community as a dedicated funeral director, died this past June 21. He was 85.
He enlisted in the military in 1942 and became a member of [...]
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