Today in WW II History
World War II History for November 3
1941 - Japanese Ambassador John Grew warned that the Japanese may be planning a sudden attack on the U.S.
1941 - The order is given: Bomb Pearl Harbor
On this day in 1941, the Combine Japanese Fleet receive Top-Secret Order No. 1: In 34 days time, [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 16
1934 - In Munich, Lutherans marched to anti-Nazi songs.
1940 - The Burke-Wadsworth Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The acted imposed the first peacetime draft in the history of the United States. The event was the beginning of Selective Service.
The registration of men between [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 13
1940 - Italy invaded Egypt by crossing the Libyan border.
Mussolini’s forces finally cross the Libyan border into Egypt, achieving what the Duce calls the “glory” Italy had sought for three centuries.
Italy had occupied Libya since 1912, a purely economic “expansion.” In 1935, Mussolini began sending [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 5,
1934 - Adolf Hitler predicted that the Reich would last for 1,000 years.
1939 - The U.S. proclaimed its neutrality in World War II.
1939 - German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland.
1943 - U.S. forces seize more of New Guinea
On this day in 1943, Gen. [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 30
1941 - During World War II, the Nazis severed the last railroad link between Leningrad and the rest of the Soviet Union.
1945 - General Douglas MacArthur set up Allied occupation headquarters in Japan.
On this day in 1945, Gen. Douglas MacArthur lands in Japan to [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 29,
1942 - Red Cross announces Japan refuses passage of supplies for U.S. POWs
On this day in 1942, the international humanitarian agency, the Red Cross, reveals that Japan has refused free passage of ships carrying food, medicine, and other necessities for American POWs held by [...]
Supposed WWII skeleton found dangling above Kokoda Track
ABC, The Age
Thu Aug 28, 2008
Found: The skeleton of what is thought to be a World War II pilot hangs in the jungle canopy along the Kokoda Track (No-Roads trekking company)
Australian, US and Japanese authorities are investigating the discovery of what is thought to be the skeleton [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 25
1939 - Britain and Poland signed a Mutual Assistance Treaty.
1940 - British air raids on Berlin began.
1941 - Allied forces invaded Iran. Within four days the Soviet Union and England controlled Iran.
1943 - U.S. forces overran New Georgia in the Solomon Islands during World War [...]
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 [...]
Death in the Swamps of Ramree
In the rotting jungles of Burma, WW II war took on a primal kind of savagery that has seldom been witnessed in modern time. The Burmese mangrove swamps of Ramree, filled with every kind of lethal creature and disease, became the enemy as much as any man armed with a [...]
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