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Steven Terjeson | May 29, 2009
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World War II History for May 29
29 May 1942 – Adolf Hitler ordered all Jews in occupied Paris to wear an identifying yellow star on the left side of their coats.
Jewish women wearing the yellow Star of David, Paris, France – Museum of Jewish History NYC
Steven Terjeson | May 27, 2009
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World War II History for May 27
27 May 1941 – U.S. President Roosevelt proclaimed an “unlimited national emergency” amid rising world tension.
27 May 1941 – The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by British naval and air forces. 2,300 people were killed.
27 May 1942 – German General Erwin Rommel began a major offensive [...]
Steven Terjeson | May 27, 2009
Warship sunk off Florida to create artificial reef
* Story Highlights
* A retired U.S. Navy warship was intentionally sunk off the Florida Keys on Wednesday
* The USNS Vandenberg will become the world’s second-largest artificial reef
* The sunken ship will create [...]
Steven Terjeson | May 26, 2009
Exposing the ‘truth’ about the Nanking massacre
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2009 11:19 AM
Beijing, China
By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer
BEIJING – “City of Life and Death” might sound like your average escapist action film helping to usher in the summer movie season.
But it’s not.
The 2-hour black and white epic recounts the early days of Japan’s [...]
Steven Terjeson | May 26, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for May 26
26 May 1940 – U.S. President Roosevelt made a radio appeal to the Red Cross due to the dire straits of Belgian and French civilians.
26 May 1940 – The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began. The evacuation was known as Operation Dynamo.
On May 26, [...]
Steven Terjeson | May 22, 2009
Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: For this memorial day weekend we bring you a couple clips. The first clip is a news report from 1941 about the sinking of the HMS Hood. The second audio file is the CBS World News Today report from 05-20-1945 just after the destruction of Berlin.
World War II History - Sinking of the HMS Hood - 05-24-1941 [0:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download World War II History - CBS World News Today - 05-20-1945 [24:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSteven Terjeson | May 21, 2009
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**Don’t forget to enter our Contest for a copy of Finding Granddad’s War here**
World War II History for May 21
21 May 1940 – A Nazi “special unit” began murdering more than 1,500 hospital patients in East Prussia. The operation of killing the “unfit” mentally ill patients took 18 days.
21 May 1941 – [...]
Steven Terjeson | May 21, 2009
From BBC News, a video showing life in a British WWII Prisoner of War Camp.
Rare footage showing life in British prisoner of war camp is going on display at a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester.
There were over 1000 prisoner of war camps in Britain from World War II, but few [...]
Steven Terjeson | May 20, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for May 20
20 May 1940 – Germans break through to English Channel at Abbeville, France
In reaching Abbeville, German armored columns, led by General Heinz Guderian (a tank expert), severed all communication between the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the north and the main French army in the south. [...]
Steven Terjeson | May 20, 2009
CONTEST – Finding Granddad’s War
World War II History and Ancestry Publishing bring you our next exciting contest. The author has graciously donated a copy of their newest book Finding Granddad’s War by Jeffrey Badger.
Read our review of the book here: Finding Granddad’s War
BOOK SPECIFICATIONS
Paperback
Author: Jeffrey Badger
Page count: 321
Language: English
Publisher: Ancestry Publishing
Website: http://www.theancestrystore.com
To enter the [...]
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