Podcast – World War II History for August 1
Steven Terjeson | August 1, 2008
World War II History – Audio Feature
Podcast: World War II History for August 1
Read the audio text at http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-august-1.
Steven Terjeson | August 1, 2008
World War II History – Audio Feature
Podcast: World War II History for August 1
Read the audio text at http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-august-1.
Steven Terjeson | July 25, 2008
World War II History – Audio Feature
Podcast: World War II History for July 25
Read the audio text at http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-july-25.
Steven Terjeson | July 22, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for July 22
1942 – Deportations from Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka begin
On this day in 1942, the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins, as thousands are rounded up daily and transported to a newly constructed concentration/extermination camp at Treblinka, in Poland.
On July 17, Heinrich Himmler, [...]
Steven Terjeson | July 21, 2008
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World War II History for July 21
1944 – American forces landed on Guam during World War II.
1944 – Hitler to Germany: “I’m still alive.”
On this day in 1944, Adolf Hitler takes to the airwaves to announce that the attempt on his life has failed and that “accounts will be settled.”
Hitler had [...]
Steven Terjeson | July 17, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for July 17
1945 – U.S. President Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill began meeting at Potsdam in the final Allied summit of World War II. During the meeting Stalin made the comment that “Hitler had escaped.”
Steven Terjeson | July 12, 2008
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World War II History for July 12
1943 – Russians halt German advance in a decisive battle at Kursk
On this day in 1943, one of the greatest clashes of armor in military history takes place as the German offensive against the Russian fortification at Kursk, a Russian railway and industrial center, is [...]
Steven Terjeson | July 11, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for July 11
1944 – Count Claus von Stauffenberg, a German army officer, transported a bomb to Adolf Hitler’s headquarters in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria. The assassination attempt was delayed and was postponed until July 20 at Rastenburg.
As the war started to turn against the Germans, and the atrocities [...]
Steven Terjeson | July 3, 2008
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World War II History for July 3
1940 – Operation Catapult is launched
On this day in 1940, British naval forces destroy the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, a port in Algeria, in order to prevent Germany from co-opting the French ships to use in an invasion of Britain.
With the occupation of France, the [...]