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Steven Terjeson | September 30, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 30
1938 – The Munich Conference ended with a decision to appease Adolf Hitler. Britain and France allowed Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland to be annexed by the Nazis.
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact, which seals the [...]
Steven Terjeson | September 29, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 29
1939 – Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to divide control of occupied Poland. The Germans took the west side of the Bug River and the Soviets took the everything to the east.
1943 – Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” was published in the U.S.
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Steven Terjeson | September 28, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 28
1939 – During World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed upon a plan on the division of Poland.
1942 – General Arnold fights for unique bombers
On this day in 1942, Gen. Henry “Hap” Arnold gives highest priority to the development of two exceptional [...]
Steven Terjeson | September 27, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 27
1939 – Poland surrenders
On this day in 1939, 140,000 Polish troops are taken prisoner by the German invaders as Warsaw surrenders to the superior mechanized forces of Hitler’s army. The Poles fought bravely, but were able to hold on for only 26 days.
On the heels [...]
Steven Terjeson | September 26, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 26
1944 – Operation Market-Garden failed when thousands of British and Polish troops were killed in an attempt to seize bridges in the Dutch town of Arnhem.
British Gen. Bernard Montgomery conceived an operation to take control of bridges that crossed the Rhine River, from the [...]
Steven Terjeson | September 25, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 25
1942 – British bombers attempted to destroy the local headquarters of the German Gestapo in Norway. The plan failed.
Germany invaded Norway in April 1940, in a stunning blitzkrieg campaign, a response to Britain’s laying of mines in Norwegian waters–which was itself a response to [...]
Steven Terjeson | September 24, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 24
1941 – The Japanese consul in Hawaii was instructed to divide Pearl Harbor into five zones and calculate the number of battleships in each zone.
Relations between the United States and Japan had been deteriorating quickly since Japan’s occupation of Indo-China and the implicit menacing of [...]
Steven Terjeson | September 23, 2008
World War II History – Audio Feature
Podcast: Columbia News Broadcast – D-Day Broadcast Pt 8
Today we bring you the 8th installment of the radio news broadcast after the landings in Normandy on D-Day (44-Jun-06) that went out to the United States.
Steven Terjeson | September 22, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 22
1941 – A Ukrainian militia squad does the Nazis’ dirty work, murdering 28,000 Soviet Jews near the town of Vinnitsa.
1943 – British submarine troops sabotage the Tirpitz, Nazi Germany’s preeminent battleship, as it sits in port at Norway’s Altenfjord.
Recognizing that a two-front war is straining [...]
Steven Terjeson | September 21, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 21
1942 – The U.S. B-29 Superfortress made its debut flight in Seattle, WA. It was the largest bomber used during World War II. The plane made its bombing-run debut on June 5, 1944. It was the largest bomber used in the war by any [...]
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