Today in WW II History
World War II History for November 20
1943 - During World War II, U.S. Marines began their landing on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands.
1945 - 24 Nazi leaders went before a international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
The Nuremberg Trials, which took place in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and [...]
WW II vet held in Nazi slave camp breaks silence: ‘Let it be known’
By Wayne Drash, Thelma Gutierrez and Sara Weisfeldt
CNN 11/11/08
LOMA LINDA, California (CNN) — Anthony Acevedo thumbs through the worn, yellowed pages of his diary emblazoned with the words “A Wartime Log” on its cover. It’s a catalog of deaths and atrocities he [...]
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World War II History for October 29
1942 - The British protest against the persecution of Jews
On this day in 1942, leading British clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register their outrage over the persecution of Jews by Nazi Germany.
In a message sent to the meeting, Prime Minister Winston [...]
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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 [...]
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World War II History for October 13
1943 - During World War II, Italy signed an armistice with the Allies and declared war on Germany.
1944 - American troops entered Aachen, Germany, during World War II.
1944 - During World War II, British and Greek advance units landed at Piraeus.
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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 September 30
1938 - The Munich Conference ended with a decision to appease Adolf Hitler. Britain and France allowed Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland to be annexed by the Nazis.
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact, which seals the [...]
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World War II History for September 29
1939 - Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to divide control of occupied Poland. The Germans took the west side of the Bug River and the Soviets took the everything to the east.
1943 - Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” was published in the U.S.
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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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World War II History for September 27
1939 - Poland surrenders
On this day in 1939, 140,000 Polish troops are taken prisoner by the German invaders as Warsaw surrenders to the superior mechanized forces of Hitler’s army. The Poles fought bravely, but were able to hold on for only 26 days.
On the heels [...]
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