Today in WW II History
World War II History for November 17
1887 - Bernard Law Montgomery was born in London, England.
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery at El Alamein
1941 - Joseph C. Grew, U.S. ambassador to Japan, cabled the U.S. State Department that he had heard that Japan had prepared a plan to attempt a surprise attack at Pearl [...]
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World War II History for November 12
1942 - During World War II, naval battle of Guadalcanal began between Japanese and American forces. The Americans won a major victory.
1944 - During World War II, the German battleship “Tirpitz” was sunk off the coast of Norway.
32 British Lancaster bombers attack and sink the [...]
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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, [...]
“I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
While this quotation may never have been stated by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, it defines the ending of the 1970 film Tora, Tora, Tora!
Some of the other quotes in this movie did happen, including the codes phrases used by [...]
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World War II History or October 17
1941 - The government of Prince Fumimaro Konoye, prime minister of Japan, collapsed.
Konoye, a lawyer by training and well studied in Western philosophy, literature, and economics, entered the Japanese Parliament’s upper house by virtue of his princely status and immediately pursued a program of [...]
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World War II History for September 18
1941 - German bombers killed more than 1,000 Russians when they bombed Leningrad.
1945 - General Douglas MacArthur moved his command headquarters to Tokyo.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo, as he prepares for his new role as architect of a democratic and [...]
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**World War II Ends**
World War II History for September 2,
1944 - A U.S. Navy squadron was given the assignment to take out a radio tower on the island Chichi Jima. Ensign George H.W. Bush scored four direct hits on the tower and then headed out to sea where he ejected. He [...]
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**World War II Begins**
World War II History for September 1
1939 - World War II began when Germany invaded Poland.
On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun.
The German [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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