Today in WW II History
World War II History for November 17
1887 - Bernard Law Montgomery was born in London, England.
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery at El Alamein
1941 - Joseph C. Grew, U.S. ambassador to Japan, cabled the U.S. State Department that he had heard that Japan had prepared a plan to attempt a surprise attack at Pearl [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for November 12
1942 - During World War II, naval battle of Guadalcanal began between Japanese and American forces. The Americans won a major victory.
1944 - During World War II, the German battleship “Tirpitz” was sunk off the coast of Norway.
32 British Lancaster bombers attack and sink the [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History or October 17
1941 - The government of Prince Fumimaro Konoye, prime minister of Japan, collapsed.
Konoye, a lawyer by training and well studied in Western philosophy, literature, and economics, entered the Japanese Parliament’s upper house by virtue of his princely status and immediately pursued a program of [...]
Today in WW II History
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 [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 24
1941 - The Japanese consul in Hawaii was instructed to divide Pearl Harbor into five zones and calculate the number of battleships in each zone.
Relations between the United States and Japan had been deteriorating quickly since Japan’s occupation of Indo-China and the implicit menacing of [...]
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 [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 16
1934 - In Munich, Lutherans marched to anti-Nazi songs.
1940 - The Burke-Wadsworth Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The acted imposed the first peacetime draft in the history of the United States. The event was the beginning of Selective Service.
The registration of men between [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 5,
1934 - Adolf Hitler predicted that the Reich would last for 1,000 years.
1939 - The U.S. proclaimed its neutrality in World War II.
1939 - German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland.
1943 - U.S. forces seize more of New Guinea
On this day in 1943, Gen. [...]
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 4,
1939 - The British Royal Air Force attacked the German Navy.
1940 - The USS Greer is fired upon
The American destroyer Greer becomes the first U.S. vessel fired on in the war when a German sub aims a few torpedoes at it, sparking heightened tensions between [...]
Today in WW II History
**World War II Ends**
World War II History for September 2,
1944 - A U.S. Navy squadron was given the assignment to take out a radio tower on the island Chichi Jima. Ensign George H.W. Bush scored four direct hits on the tower and then headed out to sea where he ejected. He [...]
 |
