World War II History

Steven Terjeson | August 31, 2009

Prelude to War: 1939 – British fleet mobilized & evacuations begin. 1943 – USS Harmon commissioned. 1944 – British 8th Army breaks through Gothic Line

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Tags: 1939, 1943, 1944, 8th Army, British, Gothic Line, London, Navy, USS Harmon

Steven Terjeson | October 10, 2008

This audio clip is of the CBS European News report 28 AUG 1939 just a couple days before the start of World War II when Germany invades Poland.
Below are some of the transcripted notes from the audio file.
The London news desk reports on the rail transportation along the Polish corridor with German transports moving [...]

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Tags: Berlin, CBS, London, Murrow, Podcast

Steven Terjeson | October 9, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for October 9
1939 – The U.S. Neutrality Act suffers a public relations setback when the German battleship Deutschland captures the City of Flint, an American cargo ship carrying farming supplies to England.
1940 – London’s Cathedral of St. Paul sustains serious damage to the roof and altar [...]

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Tags: 1939, 1940, 1941, 1944, Churchill, Congress, London, Poland, Roosevelt, Stalin

Steven Terjeson | August 23, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 23
1939 – Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty.
On this day in 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact, stunning the world, given their diametrically opposed ideologies. But the dictators were, despite appearances, both playing to their own political [...]

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Tags: 1939, 1940, 1941, 1944, August, Germany, Hitler, London, Marseilles, Romania, Soviet Union, Today, WWII