World War II History

Steven Terjeson | July 24, 2009

Today in WWII History: 1941 – Vichy France grants Japan bases in its Indochina colonies; 1943 – Operation Gomorrah is launched; ‘Window’ radar jamming

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Tags: 1941, 1943, Bombers, Chaff, Hamburg, Lancaster, Operation, Operation Gomorrah, Radar, Vichy, Window

Steven Terjeson | July 15, 2009

Operation Ariel aka Operation Aerial
17 June 1940 – Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany’s takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
Smaller-scale counterpart to Operation Dynamo and designed to remove by sea all British troops in north-west France, largely from the ports of Cherbourg, St Malo, Brest, St Nazaire and [...]

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Tags: 1940, Dynamo, Evacuation, France, HMT, Lancastria, Operation, Operation Aerial, Operation Ariel, Rescue

Steven Terjeson | July 13, 2009

Audio Clip: BBC Charles Gardner Reports On Convoy Attack & Dogfight (14 July 1940)
Today in WWII History
World War II History for July 13
13 July 1941 – Britain and the Soviet Union signed a mutual aid pact, that provided the means for Britain to send war material to the Soviet Union.
13 July 1944 – Soviet General [...]

 

 WWII History - BBC Charles Gardner On Convoy Attack - Dogfight (14 July 1940) [3:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (922)

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Tags: 1940, 1941, 1944, Audio, BBC, Britain, Operation, Operation Bagration, Podcast, Poland, Red Army, Russia, USSR

Steven Terjeson | June 19, 2009

Operation A
Operation A – Japanese naval counteroffensive (19/20 June 1944) planned after the US capture of the Marshall Islands between 20 November 1943 and 23 February 1944, the Japanese high command having appreciated that the next forward move would take the Americans to the Marianas Islands on the Japanese home islands’ strategic doorstep and this [...]

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Tags: 1944, Marshall Islands, Mitscher, Operation, Operation A, Ozawa, Zuikaku

Steven Terjeson | June 12, 2009

Operation Abel
Operation Abel – Airborne operation by the French 3eme Regiment Colonial des Parachutistes to harass the German’s retreat back through France (27 Aug / 6 Sept, 1944).

Map Europe Tactical Progress – 25 Jul_12 Sept, 1944 – German Retreat across France

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Tags: 1944, Abel, Airborne, Europe, France, Map, Operation, Operation Abel

Steven Terjeson | June 9, 2009

Operation A.B.
A.B. – Designation (together with a numeral) of Allied convoys plying the route across the Indian Ocean from Aden to Bombay; the start date of the A.B. convoys was November 1942.

HMS Warspite in Indian Ocean 1942

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Tags: 1942, HMS, HMS Warspite, Indian Ocean, Operation, Operation AB

Steven Terjeson | May 22, 2009

Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: For this memorial day weekend we bring you a couple clips. The first clip is a news report from 1941 about the sinking of the HMS Hood. The second audio file is the CBS World News Today report from 05-20-1945 just after the destruction of Berlin.

 

 World War II History - Sinking of the HMS Hood - 05-24-1941 [0:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 World War II History - CBS World News Today - 05-20-1945 [24:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Tags: Audio, Berlin, CBS, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Germany, Hitler, Italy, Mussolini, Operation, Podcast

Steven Terjeson | October 22, 2008

Today in WW II History
World War II History for October 22
1942 – The Allies met to discuss Operation Torch. Operation Torch was to be the first Allied amphibious landing of World War II.
American Maj. Gen. Mark Clark meets in Algeria with French officials loyal to the Allied cause, as well as Resistance fighters, regarding the [...]

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Tags: 1942, Algeria, Amphibious, Clark, French, North Africa, Operation, Torch, Vichy

Steven Terjeson | October 2, 2008

World War II History for October 2
1940 – During World War II, the HMS Empress was sunk while carrying child refugees from Britain to Canada.
1941 – Operation Typhoon was launched by Nazi Germany. The plan was an all-out offensive against Moscow.
The plan was to send the Wehrmacht into the Soviet capital of Moscow.
With most of [...]

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Tags: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, Empress, HMS, Operation, Queen Mary, Typhoon, Warsaw, Wehrmacht

Steven Terjeson | September 14, 2008

Today in WW II History
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 [...]

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Tags: 1944, MacArthur, Marines, Operation, Palau, Peleliu, Stalemate