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 [...]

Category: Country - Japan, Images, Media, Pacific Theater, Podcast, Today | 3 Comments »
Tags: Animals, Audio, Iwo Jima, K-9, Nimitz, Photo, Podcast

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 [...]

Category: Images, Media, Pacific Theater, Podcast, Today | No Comments »
Tags: 1945, Audio, Iwo Jima, Marines, Podcast

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 [...]

Category: African Theater, Asian Theater, Country - Germany, Country - Japan, Country - USA, Europe Theater, Facts, Media, North America, Pacific Theater, Podcast, Today | No Comments »
Tags: Audio, Australia, Darwin, Germany, Himmler, Italy, Iwo Jima, Kasserine Pass, Marines, Philippines, Podcast, Red Cross

Steven Terjeson | March 26, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 26
26 Mar 1938 – Herman Goering warned all Jews to leave Austria.
26 Mar 1942 – The Germans began sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland.
26 Mar 1945 – The battle of Iwo Jima ended.

Category: Europe Theater, Pacific Theater, Today | No Comments »
Tags: 1938, 1942, 1945, Auschwitz, Austria, Goering, Iwo Jima, Poland

Steven Terjeson | March 16, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 16
16 Mar 1935 – Adolf Hitler ordered a German rearmament and violated the Versailles Treaty.
16 Mar 1939 – Germany occupied what remained of Czechoslovakia.
16 Mar 1940 – Geramny bombed the Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland.
16 Mar 1942 – U.S. President Roosevelt ordered [...]

Category: Europe Theater, Ground, North America, Pacific Theater, Today | No Comments »
Tags: 1935, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1945, Czechoslovakia, Hitler, Iwo Jima, Roosevelt, Scapa Flow, Scotland, Versailles Treaty

Steven Terjeson | June 15, 2008

Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima
Happy Father’s Day !
-World War II History
Technorati Tags: WWII, WWarII, History, Fathers Day, Iwo Jima, Video, Flag

Category: Media, Today | No Comments »
Tags: Fathers Day, Flag, History, Iwo Jima, Video, WWarII, WWII

Steven Terjeson | June 12, 2008

The Second World War
The Pacific Theater
1941-1945
First Phase
From 7 December 1941, until June 1942, the Japanese successfully attacked the Pacific Fleet’s base at Pearl Harbor, took Wake Island and Guam, invaded and conquered the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaya, and seized the British base of Singapore. They conquered Burma thereby cutting off China from all overland routes [...]

Category: Country - Japan, Country - USA, Facts, Media | 1 Comment »
Tags: Burma, Color, Coral Sea, Guam, Iwo Jima, Japan, Layte, MacArthur, Map, Midway, Nimitz, Okinawa, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Theater, Timeline, Wake, WWarII, WWII

Steven Terjeson | March 26, 2008

Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 26
1938 – Herman Goering warned all Jews to leave Austria.
1942 – The Germans began sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland.
1945 – The battle of Iwo Jima ended.
Technorati Tags: WWII, WWarII, Today, History, Austria, Jews, Auschwitz, Iwo Jima

Category: Today | No Comments »
Tags: Auschwitz, Austria, History, Iwo Jima, Jews, Today, WWarII, WWII