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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 [...]
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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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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World War II History for September 9,
1941 - Iran surrenders to the Allies
Agreeing, among other things, Iran deports Axis spies posing as diplomatic and tourist staff. Iran will order the “diplomats” and others out on the 13th.
1942 - Japan dropped incendiaries over Oregon in an attempt to set fire to the [...]
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World War II History for August 7
1942 - U.S. forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II.
On this day in 1942, the U.S. 1st Marine Division begins Operation Watchtower, the first U.S. offensive of the war, by landing on [...]
Normandy to Berlin: Walking on hallowed ground
By Les Young - Published: August 06, 2008 10:28 am
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 — In the wee hours of June 6, 1944 (Day-D, World War II) the long awaited Allied invasion of France began. Para-troopers and glider forces began landing soon after midnight, the Americans behind the western beaches, [...]
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World War II History for June 20
1941 - German troops entered Russia on a front from the Arctic to Black Sea.
1943 - British bombers attacked sites in Germany and Italy under Operation Bellicose. It was the first time “shuttle bombings” took place during the war.
Taking off from airbases in Britain, [...]
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World War II History for June 17
1940 - British troops evacuated France in Operation Ariel.
British troops evacuate France in Operation Ariel, an exodus almost on the order of Dunkirk. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill offers words of encouragement in a broadcast to the nation: “Whatever has happened in France … [...]
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World War II History for May 22
1939 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signed a military alliance between Germany and Italy known as the “Pact of Steel.”
1944 - Operation Chattanooga Choo-Choo began. The plan involved the systematic bombing of railroads in Germany and other parts of northern Europe. Technorati Tags: WWII, WWarII, [...]
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