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Steven Terjeson | October 2, 2009
Letter home from Midshipman Derek Hirst HMS Zambesi 8th May 1945
forargyll.com published this on 10:51 am, Wednesday, 30th September, 2009
HMS Zambesi entered Bergen, Norway, on 8th May 1945, the day WWII formally ended. The following is from a letter by Midshipman Derek Hirst to his mother started on 14th May and completed shortly after leaving [...]
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 | April 21, 2009
Today in Honor – April 21
Robert Moffat Losey
(b. May 27, 1908 — d. April 21, 1940)
United States Army Officer. A Captain in the United States Army, was the first American killed in World War II, dying in a Nazi air raid on Dombas, Norway. A momument to Captain Losey was erected in Dombas in 1987 [...]
Steven Terjeson | April 15, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 15
Everyone gets to say hello to the IRS today, even Donald Duck.
15 Apr 1940 – French and British troops landed at Narvik, Norway.
15 Apr 1945 – During World War II, British and Canadian troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
15 Apr 1945 – [...]
Steven Terjeson | April 10, 2009
Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: CBS World News Today from 11 April 1943
World War II History - CBS World News Today - 11 April 1943 [24:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSteven Terjeson | April 8, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 8
8 Apr 1939 – Italy invaded Albania.
8 Apr 1945 – Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged at Flossenburg. American troops liberated the POW camp nine days later.
8 Apr 1949 – The Soviets opened a rail link to the besieged city of Leningrad. [...]
Steven Terjeson | March 4, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 4
4 Mar 1941 – Britain launched Operation Claymore.
Operation Claymore (4 March 1941) – Raid on the Lofoten Islands. Commandos watching fish oil tanks burning.
The British navy raids a German position off the coast of Norway and inside the Arctic Circle-the Lofoten Islands. The raid, code name [...]
Steven Terjeson | September 25, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 25
1942 – British bombers attempted to destroy the local headquarters of the German Gestapo in Norway. The plan failed.
Germany invaded Norway in April 1940, in a stunning blitzkrieg campaign, a response to Britain’s laying of mines in Norwegian waters–which was itself a response to [...]
Steven Terjeson | September 22, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 22
1941 – A Ukrainian militia squad does the Nazis’ dirty work, murdering 28,000 Soviet Jews near the town of Vinnitsa.
1943 – British submarine troops sabotage the Tirpitz, Nazi Germany’s preeminent battleship, as it sits in port at Norway’s Altenfjord.
Recognizing that a two-front war is straining [...]
Steven Terjeson | August 28, 2008
WW2 hero dog is celebrated to keep his legend alive
Wednesday, 27 August, 2008, 18:53 stv
Bamse the sea dog
A Montrose hero of the Second World War will be celebrated in the town tonight – but this legend is no ordinary soldier.
After docking in the North East in 1940, Bamse the sea dog became local [...]
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