World War II History

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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Tags: 1945, Audio, Iwo Jima, Marines, Podcast

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 [...]

Category: Atlantic Theater, Europe Theater, Sea | 1 Comment »
Tags: 1945, Bergen, HMS Norfolk, HMS Obedient, HMS Zambesi, Norway

Steven Terjeson | August 10, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for August 10
10 Aug 1944 – Hitler moves the entire 2,000-plane Luftwaffe force to Western Europe in a bid to challenge the power of the Allies’ collective air strength.
10 Aug 1944 – U.S. forces defeated the remaining Japanese resistance on Guam, leaving the U.S. with an additional solid [...]

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Tags: 1944, 1945, Atomic Bomb, Fat Man, Guam, Luftwaffe, Nagasaki

Steven Terjeson | July 14, 2009

Audio: General Charles de Gaulle urges America to Join the Allies (14 July 1941)

A 1942 WWII photo portrait of General Charles de Gaulle of the Free French Forces and first president of the Fifth Republic serving from 1958 to 1969.
Today in WWII History
World War II History for July 14
14 July 1933 – All German political [...]

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Tags: 1933, 1940, 1941, 1945, Battleship, BBC, Bombers, Churchill, Crete, deGaulle, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Ju-88, Podcast, Speech, Vichy

Steven Terjeson | June 26, 2009

Bittersweet Reunion, Part 2 of 2

MacArthur embraces the freed Wainwright, 30 Aug 1945
On 20 Aug 1945, as Russian troops liberated a Japanese prisoners of war camp in Manchuria in northeastern China, Jonathan Wainwright found himself a free man for the first time in more than three years. The Japanese treated the defeated general of [...]

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Tags: 1945, C. Peter Chen, Guest, MacArthur, POW, Wainwright

Steven Terjeson | May 6, 2009

Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: CBC Reports Victory in Tunis 07-May-1943

World War II History for May 6
6 May 1941 – Joseph Stalin assumed the Soviet premiership.
6 May 1941 – Bob Hope gave his first USO show at California’s March Field.
6 May 1942 – During World War II, the Japanese seized control of the [...]

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Tags: 1941, 1942, 1945, Audio, Axis Sally, Bob Hope, CBC, Joseph Stalin, Philippines, Podcast, Tunis

Steven Terjeson | April 15, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 15
Everyone gets to say hello to the IRS today, even Donald Duck.

15 Apr 1940 – French and British troops landed at Narvik, Norway.
15 Apr 1945 – During World War II, British and Canadian troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
15 Apr 1945 – [...]

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Tags: 1940, 1945, Arnem, Bergen-Belsen, Concentration Camp, Disney, Donald Duck, IRS, Norway, Tax, Taxes, Video

Steven Terjeson | April 14, 2009

Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: News clip of the End of the Russo Finnish War from 13 April 1940.

World War II History for April 14
14 Apr 1941 – Rommel attacks Tobruk.[1]
14 Apr 1945 – The U.S. Fifth Army joined the British in the assault on the German occupiers of Italy.
[1] http://hollywoodatwar.blogspot.com/

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Tags: 1941, 1945, 5th Army, Audio, Fifth Army, Finland, finnish, Italy, Podcast, russo, Tobruk

Steven Terjeson | April 10, 2009

Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: CBS World News Today from 11 April 1943

World War II History for April 10
10 Apr 1932 – Paul von Hindenburg was elected president of Germany with 19 million votes. Adolf Hitler came in second with 13 million votes.
10 Apr 1938 – Germany annexed Austria. 99.75 percent of Austrians [...]

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Tags: 1932, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1945, Austria, Barenfels, Greenland, Hindenburg, Me 262, Me262, Midget, Norway, Submarine

Steven Terjeson | April 8, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 8
8 Apr 1939 – Italy invaded Albania.
8 Apr 1945 – Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged at Flossenburg. American troops liberated the POW camp nine days later.
8 Apr 1949 – The Soviets opened a rail link to the besieged city of Leningrad. [...]

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Tags: 1939, 1940, 1945, 1949, Albania, Audio, BBC, Denmark, Flossenburg, Invasion, Italy, Leningrad, Norway, Podcast, POW