Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 25
1941 - Yugoslavia joined the Axis powers by signing the Tripartite Pact.
A unified nation of Yugoslavia, an uneasy federation of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, was a response to the collapse of the Ottoman and Hapsburg empires at the close of World War I, both of which [...]
HMS Ark Royal (91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War and was torpedoed on 13 November 1941 by the German submarine U-81. She was designed in 1934 to meet the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty, and was built by Cammell Laird and Company, Ltd. at [...]
Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 24
1938 - The U.S. asked that all powers help refugees fleeing from the Nazis.
1944 - The Gestapo rounded up innocent Italians in Rome and shot them to death in response to a bomb attack that killed 32 German policemen. Over 300 civilians were executed.
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World War II History for March 17
1940 - Dr. Fritz Todt was appointed Germany’s Minister for Weapons and Munitions.
1942 - Douglas MacArthur became the Supreme Commander of the United Nations forces in the Southwestern Pacific.
1944 - During World War II, the U.S. bombed Vienna.
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World War II History for March 14
1936 - Adolf Hitler told a crowd of 300,000 that Germany’s only judge is God and itself.
1938 - Germany invaded Austria. A union of Austria and Germany was proclaimed by Adolf Hitler.
1939 - The Nazis dissolved the republic of Czechoslovakia.
1943 - Germans recapture Kharkov - German [...]
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