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Steven Terjeson | June 30, 2009
A Fresh Look at History from a Curious Perspective
By Dane Schad
A few nights ago I saw the movie Valkyrie, which is very closely based on a a real attempt by German officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler. As usual I immediately researched the actual events and surrounding history after the movie ended, because as you [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 26, 2009
Bittersweet Reunion, Part 2 of 2
MacArthur embraces the freed Wainwright, 30 Aug 1945
On 20 Aug 1945, as Russian troops liberated a Japanese prisoners of war camp in Manchuria in northeastern China, Jonathan Wainwright found himself a free man for the first time in more than three years. The Japanese treated the defeated general of [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 25, 2009
P-51 Mustang Slide Image
P-51 Mustang – B&W Slide
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Steven Terjeson | June 25, 2009
Bittersweet Reunion, Part 1 of 2
Wainwright and MacArthur, date unknown
“Drained of the confidence he had always shown”, journalist Clark Lee of the Associated Press noted when he saw Douglas MacArthur in March of 1942. Lee had no idea why, for the reason for MacArthur’s sadness was classified: he had just been ordered to evacuate [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 22, 2009
The Pacific – HBO Mini Series (2010)
For all those that liked HBO’s “Band of Brothers”, a new 10-part HBO mini-series is on the way from from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. The Pacific tells the intertwined stories of three Marines during America’s battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II. See some [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 19, 2009
Operation A
Operation A – Japanese naval counteroffensive (19/20 June 1944) planned after the US capture of the Marshall Islands between 20 November 1943 and 23 February 1944, the Japanese high command having appreciated that the next forward move would take the Americans to the Marianas Islands on the Japanese home islands’ strategic doorstep and this [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 19, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for June 19
19 June 1942 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington, DC, to discuss the invasion of North Africa with U.S. President Roosevelt.
19 June 1944 – The U.S. won the battle of the Philippine Sea against the Imperial Japanese fleet.
In what would become known [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 19, 2009
Quote of the Day
“Those were great days, though,” he added. “We lived only one day at a time, of course. We didn’t know whether you were going to live tomorrow or not. We flew constantly. I had 500 hours in that ball, right there.” — Glenn Simms B-17 Gunner
Plano resident Glenn Simms, 89, flew [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 18, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for June 18
18 June 1940 – Benito Mussolini arrived in Munich to meet with Adolf Hitler. Mussolini’s foreign minister, Count Ciano, recorded in his diary that Mussolini left the meeting “very much embarrassed,” and feeling “that his role is secondary.”
Hitler and Mussolini
18 June 1940 – The Soviet [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 18, 2009
The Little Known Impact of the Red Orchestra
The Red Orchestra, or Die Rote Kapelle, was the name given by the Nazi secret police, the Gestapo, to different espionage groups existing in Germany, Switzerland, and the Soviet Union during WWII. These groups were opposed to the ideals which the Nazi party stood for and therefore [...]
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