Steven Terjeson | June 3, 2009
Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: It’s getting close to the WWII’s 65th D-Day Anniversary. Hear from BBC Robin Duff onboard a sealed ship just prior to D-Day (1944-06-03).
WWII History - BBC Robin Duff on Sealed Ship - D-Day - 1944-06-03 [0:42m]:
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World War II History for June 3
3 JUN 1938 – The German Reich voted to confiscate so-called “degenerate art.”
3 JUN 1940 – Paris is bombed by the Luftwaffe [...]
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Steven Terjeson | May 29, 2009
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World War II History for May 29
29 May 1942 – Adolf Hitler ordered all Jews in occupied Paris to wear an identifying yellow star on the left side of their coats.
Jewish women wearing the yellow Star of David, Paris, France – Museum of Jewish History NYC
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Steven Terjeson | August 29, 2008
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World War II History for August 29,
1942 – Red Cross announces Japan refuses passage of supplies for U.S. POWs
On this day in 1942, the international humanitarian agency, the Red Cross, reveals that Japan has refused free passage of ships carrying food, medicine, and other necessities for American POWs held by [...]
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Steven Terjeson | June 23, 2008
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World War II History for June 23
1940 – Hitler takes a tour of Paris
On this day in 1940, Adolf Hitler surveys notable sites in the French capital, now German-occupied territory.
In his first and only visit to Paris, Hitler made Napoleon’s tomb among the sites to see. “That was the greatest and [...]
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Steven Terjeson | June 13, 2008
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World War II History for June 13
1940 – Paris was evacuated before the German advance on the city.
1943 – German spies landed on Long Island, New York. They were soon captured.
1944 – Germany launched 10 of its new V1 rockets against Britain from a position near the Channel coast. Of the [...]
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Steven Terjeson | May 29, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for May 29
1942 – Adolf Hitler ordered all Jews in occupied Paris to wear an identifying yellow star on the left side of their coats.
On this day in 1942, on the advice of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler orders all Jews in occupied Paris to wear [...]
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