Today in WW II History
World War II History for October 20
1942 - Pierre Laval told the French labor that they must serve in Germany.
1944 - Allied forces invaded the Philippines. U.S. General Douglas MacArthur landed on the island of Leyte fulfilling his promise to return to the area where he was forced to flee in [...]
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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 [...]
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World War II History for September 14
1944 - Americans launch Operation Stalemate-at extraordinary cost
On this day in 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division lands on the island of Peleliu, one of the Palau Islands in the Pacific, as part of a larger operation to provide support for Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who [...]
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. [...]
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**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 [...]
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World War II History for August 29,
1942 - Red Cross announces Japan refuses passage of supplies for U.S. POWs
On this day in 1942, the international humanitarian agency, the Red Cross, reveals that Japan has refused free passage of ships carrying food, medicine, and other necessities for American POWs held by [...]
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World War II History for August 15
1940 - Air battles and daylight raids over Britain began.
1943 - Because of his special talent to use food scraps in both unusual and appetizing recipes, the U.S. War Department awarded Sgt. Edward Dzuba the Legion of Merit.
1944 - The Allied forces of World War [...]
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World War II History for June 30
1934 - Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the “Night of the Long Knives.”
1943 - General Douglas MacArthur launched Operation Cartwheel. The purpose of the operation, which took nine months to complete, was to [...]
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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World War II History for May 27
1941 - U.S. President Roosevelt proclaimed an “unlimited national emergency” amid rising world tension.
1941 - The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by British naval and air forces. 2,300 people were killed.
On February 14, 1939, the 823-foot Bismarck was launched at Hamburg. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler hoped [...]
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