World War II History

Steven Terjeson | March 17, 2010

Senate debates Lend-Lease, Dr. Todt appointed Minister of Weapons in Germany, US & MacArthur assume command of the Pacific, British capture Medenine, US forces bomb Vienna.

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Tags: Audio, Australia, B-17, Lend Lease, MacArthur, Medenine, Pacific Ocean, Podcast, Senate, Todt, Tunisia, Vienna

Steven Terjeson | March 12, 2010

Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 12
Audio Clip: Below you will find President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first Fireside Chat from 1933 “On the Bank Crisis.” Included is a link to the full text and a video clip.
12 Mar 1933 – President Paul von Hindenburg dropped the flag of the German Republic and [...]

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Tags: East Indies, FDR, Fireside, Hindenburg, New Caledonia, Roosevelt

Steven Terjeson | February 19, 2010

Today in WWII History
World War II History for February 19
Audio Clip: 02.18.1943 Soong Mei-Ling Appeals to Congress to Aid Chinese Nationalists

02.19.1932 – The Sino-Japanese dispute was referred to the Assembly by the League of Nations Council.
02.19.1937 – An attempt was made in Addis Ababa to assassinate the Italian viceroy of Ethiopia, General Rodolfo Graziani. Though [...]

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Steven Terjeson | January 18, 2010

World War II History for January 18, 1942-Russian launch a fresh offensive, 1942-Burma’s Premier detained by the British, 1943-US commercial bakers stopped selling sliced bread, 1944-Soviets arrive at Leningrad ending 3 year Siege.

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Tags: 1942, 1943, 1944, Burma, Leningrad, Seige, Timoshenko, U Saw

Steven Terjeson | December 20, 2009

As a resource no longer available online I have saved the website zhukov.mitsi.com about Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov and the eastern front and made it available on the WWarII archives. Below you will find the table of contents:
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
Site Map
Archives
Russo-Japanese War
Barbarossa
General Winter
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Kursk
The Tide Turns
Assault at Seelow Heights
Battle for Berlin
Soviet [...]

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Tags: archives, Army Group, Battle of Berlin, Battle of Kursk, Battle of Stalingrad, History, Kursk, Russia, Seelow, Soviet, Soviets, Stalingrad, Tank, Twentieth Century, Wars and Conflicts, Website, World War II, Zhukov

Steven Terjeson | November 9, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for November 9

11.09.1938-11.10.1938 – Kristallnacht, “Crystal Night” or “Night of Broken Glass.”
Nazi’s launch a campaign of terror against Jews in Germany in retaliation to the killing German diplomat Ernst vom Rath in Paris. The event got it’s name from the shattered window glass which was valued at [...]

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Steven Terjeson | October 2, 2009

Letter home from Midshipman Derek Hirst HMS Zambesi 8th May 1945
forargyll.com published this on 10:51 am, Wednesday, 30th September, 2009
HMS Zambesi entered Bergen, Norway, on 8th May 1945, the day WWII formally ended. The following is from a letter by Midshipman Derek Hirst to his mother started on 14th May and completed shortly after leaving [...]

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Tags: 1945, Bergen, HMS Norfolk, HMS Obedient, HMS Zambesi, Norway

Steven Terjeson | September 17, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for September 17
1939 – The Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany had invaded Poland on September 1.
1944 – Operation “Market Garden” was launched by Allied paratroopers during World War II. The landing point was behind German lines in the Netherlands.

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Steven Terjeson | September 1, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for September 1
1939 – World War II began when Germany invaded Poland.
1942 – A federal judge in Sacramento, CA, upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals.
1945 – The U.S. received official word of Japan’s formal surrender that ended World War II. In Japan, it [...]

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Steven Terjeson | August 31, 2009

Prelude to War: 1939 – British fleet mobilized & evacuations begin. 1943 – USS Harmon commissioned. 1944 – British 8th Army breaks through Gothic Line

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