Today in WW II History
World War II History for October 21
1941 - Germans massacre men, women, and children in Yugoslavia
Today in 1941, German soldiers go on a rampage, killing thousands of Yugoslavian civilians, including whole classes of schoolboys.
Despite attempts to maintain neutrality at the outbreak of World War II, Yugoslavia finally succumbed to signing a [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for October 8
1941 - Germany captured Mariupol.
The German invasion of the Soviet Union begins a new stage with Hitler’s forces capturing Mariupol. The Axis power reached the Sea of Azov.
Despite the fact that Germany and Russia had signed a “pact” in 1939, each guaranteeing the other a [...]
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World War II History for October 5
1942 - Joseph Stalin sent a telegram to the German/Soviet front at Stalingrad. The message was “That part of Stalingrad which has been captured must be liberated.”
Stalingrad was a key to capturing the Soviet Union, in many ways as important as capturing Moscow itself. [...]
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World War II History for October 4
1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in the Alps at Brenner Pass. Hitler was seeking help from Italy to fight the British.
1943 - Heinrich Himmler encourages his SS group leaders
On this day in 1943, the Reichsfuhrer-SS, Heinrich Himmler, addresses the squad leaders of [...]
World War II History for October 2
1940 - During World War II, the HMS Empress was sunk while carrying child refugees from Britain to Canada.
1941 - Operation Typhoon was launched by Nazi Germany. The plan was an all-out offensive against Moscow.
The plan was to send the Wehrmacht into the Soviet capital of Moscow.
With most of [...]
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World War II History for September 22
1941 - A Ukrainian militia squad does the Nazis’ dirty work, murdering 28,000 Soviet Jews near the town of Vinnitsa.
1943 - British submarine troops sabotage the Tirpitz, Nazi Germany’s preeminent battleship, as it sits in port at Norway’s Altenfjord.
Recognizing that a two-front war is straining [...]
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World War II History for September 17
1939 - The Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany had invaded Poland on September 1.
Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov declares that the Polish government has ceased to exist, as the U.S.S.R. exercises the “fine print” of the Hitler-Stalin Non-aggression pact-the invasion and occupation of eastern Poland.
Hitler’s [...]
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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 [...]
WW II Photo - American Howitzers Near Carentan
World War II Military Action Photo:
“American howitzers shell German forces retreating near Carentan, France.” Franklin, July 11, 1944.
World War II History - Audio Double Feature
Podcast: The Opening of the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Today we bring you two radio broadcasts from the 1936 Berlin Olympics, just before WW II.
The first broadcast was sent out 1936-07-31 via the RRG Radio Report - Olympic Fire Handed Over At The Czech-German Border
1936-JUL-31 - RRG Radio Report - Olympic Fire Handed Over At The Czech-German Border [2:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download |
