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Steven Terjeson | June 18, 2009
The Little Known Impact of the Red Orchestra
The Red Orchestra, or Die Rote Kapelle, was the name given by the Nazi secret police, the Gestapo, to different espionage groups existing in Germany, Switzerland, and the Soviet Union during WWII. These groups were opposed to the ideals which the Nazi party stood for and therefore [...]
Steven Terjeson | February 10, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for February 10
10 FEB 1936 – The German Gestapo was placed above the law.
10 FEB 1942 – The “Normandie,” the former French liner, capsized in New York Harbor. The day before the ship had caught fire while it was being fitted for the U.S. Navy.
10 FEB 1942 – [...]
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 [...]
Steven Terjeson | August 4, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 4
1944 – Anne Frank and her family arrested by Gestapo
On this day in 1944, a German-born Jewish girl and her family, who had been hiding in German-occupied Holland, are found by the Gestapo and transported to various concentration camps. The young girl’s diary of her [...]
Steven Terjeson | May 23, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for May 23
1945 – Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, committed suicide while imprisoned by the Allied forces.
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Steven Terjeson | May 9, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for May 9
1936 – Italian forces took Ethiopia.
1941 – The German submarine U-110 was captured at sea by Britain’s Royal navy.
1945 – U.S. officials announced that the midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately.
1945 – In the U.S., the wartime government ban on horse racing was lifted.
1945 [...]
Steven Terjeson | March 24, 2008
HMS Ark Royal (91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War and was torpedoed on 13 November 1941 by the German submarine U-81. She was designed in 1934 to meet the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty, and was built by Cammell Laird and Company, Ltd. at [...]
Steven Terjeson | March 24, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 24
1938 – The U.S. asked that all powers help refugees fleeing from the Nazis.
1944 – The Gestapo rounded up innocent Italians in Rome and shot them to death in response to a bomb attack that killed 32 German policemen. Over 300 civilians were executed.
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