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Steven Terjeson | June 4, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for June 4
4 JUN 1940 – The British completed the evacuation of 300,000 troops at Dunkirk, France.
4 JUN 1941 – In Germany, the Nazis began restricting Jews access to beaches and swimming pools.
4 JUN 1942 – The Battle of Midway began. It was the first major victory for [...]
Steven Terjeson | May 29, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for May 29
29 May 1942 – Adolf Hitler ordered all Jews in occupied Paris to wear an identifying yellow star on the left side of their coats.
Jewish women wearing the yellow Star of David, Paris, France – Museum of Jewish History NYC
Steven Terjeson | April 13, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 13
13 Apr 1939 USS Astoria attempts pre-war reconnaissance
The USS Astoria arrives in Japan under the command of Richard Kelly Turner in an attempt to photograph the Japanese battleships Yamato and Musashi.
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Turner, whose motto was “If you don’t have losses, you’re not doing [...]
Steven Terjeson | January 20, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for January 20
20 JAN 1942 – Nazi officials held the Wannsee conference, during which they arrived at their “final solution” that called for exterminating Europe’s Jews.
In July 1941, Herman Goering, writing under instructions from Hitler, had ordered Reinhard Heydrich, SS general and Heinrich Himmler’s number-two man, to submit [...]
Steven Terjeson | December 4, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for December 4
1942 – U.S. bombers attacked the Italian mainland for the first time during World War II.
1942 – Polish Christians come to the aid of Polish Jews
On this day in Warsaw, a group of Polish Christians put their own lives at risk when they set [...]
Steven Terjeson | November 9, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for November 9
1938 – Nazi troops and sympathizers destroyed and looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, burned 267 synagogues, killed 91 Jews, and rounded up over 25,000 Jewish men in an event that became known as Kristallnacht or “Night of Broken Glass.”
1938, Kristallnacht, Jews, Nazi
Steven Terjeson | October 29, 2008
Today in WW II History
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 [...]
Steven Terjeson | August 28, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 28
1941 – In occupied Ukraine, more than 23,000 Hungarian Jews were murdered by the Gestapo.
The German invasion of the Soviet Union had advanced to the point of mass air raids on Moscow and the occupation of parts of Ukraine. On August 26, Hitler displayed [...]
Steven Terjeson | August 5, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 5
1944 – Polish insurgents liberated a German labor camp in Warsaw. 348 Jewish prisoners were freed.
On this day in 1944, Polish insurgents liberate a German forced-labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners, who join in a general uprising against the German occupiers of [...]
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 [...]
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