World War II History

Steven Terjeson | February 19, 2010

Audio Clip: 02.19.1945 – Live Coverage Of U.S. Marines Landing On Iwo Jima

“The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy [...]

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Steven Terjeson | February 19, 2010

On 02.19.1945 at 0905 hrs, the first of 30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima.
Battle for Iwo Jima Photo Gallery
Audio Clip: Arthur Prim Reports the First Strikes on Iwo Jima

Amphibious Tractors landing on Iwo Jima Feb 1945

Iwo Jima, which means Sulfur Island, was strategically important as an air base for fighter escorts supporting long-range bombing [...]

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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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Steven Terjeson | December 7, 2009

Time line Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
* 0342 Minesweeper CONDOR sights periscope off Honolulu Harbour …notifies patrol destroyer WARD to investigate.
* 0458 Minesweeper CROSSBILL and CONDOR enter Pearl Harbor… defective submarine net remains open.
* 0600 – 200 miles south of Oahu carrier [...]

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Steven Terjeson | December 2, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for December 2
12.2.1941 – The Japanese embassy in Washington was ordered to destroy all but its most secret coding facilities. Similar orders went out to Japanese missions in British, Dutch, and Canadian cities, Cuba, the Philippines and the South Pacific.
12.2.1941 Tojo rejects peace feelers from US officials.
12.2.1942 [...]

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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 26, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for October 26
26 October 1942 – The US carrier USS Hornet and destroyer USS Porter were sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz. It was the last time carrier based aircraft were used by the Japanese in the Guadalcanal campaign.
26 October 1944 – The Battle of Leyte Gulf [...]

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Steven Terjeson | September 3, 2009

Stars Enlist For National WWII Museum Epic
Repost from Hollywood at War
Wow. From the NY Post today — The National World War II Museum in New Orleans and Tom Hanks have announced the roster for voicing their new WWII epic Beyond All Boundaries premiering at The Museum on November 6.
It seems like Hanks must have [...]

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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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