World War II History

Steven Terjeson | July 24, 2009

Today in WWII History: 1941 – Vichy France grants Japan bases in its Indochina colonies; 1943 – Operation Gomorrah is launched; ‘Window’ radar jamming

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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 | March 18, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 18
Audio Clip: Today we have a short clip from the BBC from D-Day (June 6, 1944)

18 Mar 1940 – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Pass. The Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany’s war against France and Britain during the [...]

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Tags: 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, Berlin, Bombers, Draft, Hitler, Japanese, Mussolini, War Relocation

Steven Terjeson | January 8, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for January 8
8 JAN 1936 – Japan said it would withdraw from the London Naval Conference unless it won the right to parity in the number of men-of-war it could have in relation to the other powers.
8 JAN 1940 – The Finns scored a major victory on [...]

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Tags: 1936, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, Bombers, Budapest, Germany, Hitler, Japanese, Mussolini, Roosevelt, Russia, Stalingrad

Steven Terjeson | December 4, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for December 4
1942 – U.S. bombers attacked the Italian mainland for the first time during World War II.
1942 – Polish Christians come to the aid of Polish Jews
On this day in Warsaw, a group of Polish Christians put their own lives at risk when they set [...]

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Tags: 1942, Bombers, December, Italy, Jews, Poland, Poles

Steven Terjeson | September 28, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 28
1939 – During World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed upon a plan on the division of Poland.
1942 – General Arnold fights for unique bombers
On this day in 1942, Gen. Henry “Hap” Arnold gives highest priority to the development of two exceptional [...]

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Tags: Audio, B-35, B-36, Bombers, Flying Wing, General Arnold, Germany, Podcast, Poland, Roosevelt, Soviet Union, Speech, USSR

Steven Terjeson | September 25, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 25
1942 – British bombers attempted to destroy the local headquarters of the German Gestapo in Norway. The plan failed.
Germany invaded Norway in April 1940, in a stunning blitzkrieg campaign, a response to Britain’s laying of mines in Norwegian waters–which was itself a response to [...]

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Tags: 1942, Bombers, Britain, Gestapo, Norway

Steven Terjeson | September 18, 2008

Today in WW II History
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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Tags: Bombers, Japan, Leningrad, MacArthur

Steven Terjeson | June 24, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for June 24
1940 – France signed an armistice with Italy.
1941 – U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pledged all possible support to the Soviet Union.
1945 – Soviet troops, in a parade, past Red Square in celebration of their victory over Germany.
As drums rolled, 200 soldiers performed a familiar ritual: [...]

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Tags: Bombers, Britain, France, History, Italy, Red Square, Roosevelt, Soviet Union, WW2, WWarII, WWII

Steven Terjeson | June 20, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for June 20
1941 – German troops entered Russia on a front from the Arctic to Black Sea.
1943 – British bombers attacked sites in Germany and Italy under Operation Bellicose. It was the first time “shuttle bombings” took place during the war.
Taking off from airbases in Britain, [...]

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Tags: Bellicose, Bombers, Britain, Germany, History, Operation, Operation Bellicose, Russia, Today, WWarII, WWII