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Steven Terjeson | June 16, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for June 16
16 June 1932 – The ban on Nazi storm troopers was lifted by the von Papen government in Germany.
16 June 1940 – Marshal Henri-Philippe Pétain became the prime minister of the Vichy government of occupied France.
Vichy Marshal Henri-Philippe Pétain
16 June 1941 – U.S. President Franklin [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 9, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for June 9
9 Jun 1940 – Norway surrendered to the Nazis during World War II.
9 Jun 1944 – The Russian Army invaded Karelian Isthmus in Finland. Russia was fighting to gain back territory that had been ceded to it under the terms of the Treaty of Moscow of [...]
Steven Terjeson | November 20, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for November 20
1943 – During World War II, U.S. Marines began their landing on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands.
1945 – 24 Nazi leaders went before a international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
The Nuremberg Trials, which took place in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and [...]
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.”
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Steven Terjeson | August 27, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 27
1939 – Nazi Germany demanded the Polish corridor and Danzig.
1941 – Japanese prime minister requests a summit meeting with FDR
On this day in 1941, Prince Fumimaro Konoye, prime minister of Japan, announces that he would like to enter into direct negotiations with President Roosevelt in [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 30, 2008
Today in WW II History
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 [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 27, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for June 27
1940 – The Germans set up two-way radio communication in their newly occupied French territory using Enigma. Enigma was a sophisticated encoding machine used to transmit information.
The Germans set up radio stations in Brest and the port town of Cherbourg. Signals would be transmitted to [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 9, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for June 9
1940 – Norway surrendered to the Nazis during World War II.
1944 – The Russian Army invaded Karelian Isthmus in Finland. Russia was fighting to gain back territory that had been ceded to it under the terms of the Treaty of Moscow of 1940.
On this day in [...]
Steven Terjeson | May 23, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for May 23
1945 – Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, committed suicide while imprisoned by the Allied forces.
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Steven Terjeson | May 21, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for May 21
1940 – A Nazi “special unit” began murdering more than 1,500 hospital patients in East Prussia. The operation of killing the “unfit” mentally ill patients took 18 days.
Mentally ill patients from throughout East Prussia had been transferred to the district of Soldau, also in East Prussia. [...]
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