Steven Terjeson | February 19, 2010
Audio Clip: 02.19.1945 – Live Coverage Of U.S. Marines Landing On Iwo Jima

WWII History - 02.19.1945 Live Coverage Of US Marines Landing On Iwo Jima [4:49m]:
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“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 [...]
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Steven Terjeson | February 19, 2010
On 02.19.1945 at 0905 hrs, the first of 30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima.
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Audio Clip: Arthur Prim Reports the First Strikes on Iwo Jima

WWII History - 02.19.1945 Arthur Prim Reports the First Strikes on Iwo Jima [1:11m]:
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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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Steven Terjeson | February 19, 2010
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World War II History for February 19
Audio Clip: 02.18.1943 Soong Mei-Ling Appeals to Congress to Aid Chinese Nationalists

WWII History - 02.18.1943 Soong Mei-Ling Appeals to Congress to Aid Chinese Nationalists [3:42m]:
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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 [...]
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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.
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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 [...]
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Steven Terjeson | June 15, 2008
Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima
Happy Father’s Day !
-World War II History
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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 [...]
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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.
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