World War II History

Audio – Landing on Iwo Jima

Steven Terjeson | February 19, 2010

Audio Clip: 02.19.1945 – Live Coverage Of U.S. Marines Landing On Iwo Jima

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“The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy [...]

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WW2DB 7000th Photo Contest

Steven Terjeson | July 28, 2009

What will be the 7000th photo be of over at my friend C. Peter Chen’s WW2DB site? Win a month’s free advertising to your favorite WWII website!

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World War II History for July 22

Steven Terjeson | July 22, 2009

July 22 – Deportations from Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka begin; American forces led by Gen. George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily.

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World War II History for July 6

Steven Terjeson | July 6, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for July 6
1942 – Diarist Anne Frank and her family took refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.
1942 – Japanese forces landed on Guadalcanal Island and began constructing an airfield. On February 1, 1943 the Japanese forces began to withdraw.

Japanese Machine Gunners on Guadalcanal
1944 – Hartford Circus [...]

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World War II History for June 18

Steven Terjeson | June 18, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for June 18
18 June 1940 – Benito Mussolini arrived in Munich to meet with Adolf Hitler. Mussolini’s foreign minister, Count Ciano, recorded in his diary that Mussolini left the meeting “very much embarrassed,” and feeling “that his role is secondary.”

Hitler and Mussolini
18 June 1940 – The Soviet [...]

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The Red Orchestra

Steven Terjeson | June 18, 2009

The Little Known Impact of the Red Orchestra
The Red Orchestra, or Die Rote Kapelle, was the name given by the Nazi secret police, the Gestapo, to different espionage groups existing in Germany, Switzerland, and the Soviet Union during WWII. These groups were opposed to the ideals which the Nazi party stood for and therefore [...]

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World War II History for June 15

Steven Terjeson | June 15, 2009

Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: BBC Giles Fairplay reports on the Last Days of Singapore – 15 June 1942

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World War II History for June 15
15 June 1940 – The French fortress of Verdun was captured by Germans.
15 June 1942- On the carrier IJN Zuikaku Captain Yokokawa was relieved by Captain Tameteru Notomo.

IJN Zuikaku [...]

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World War II History for June 9

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 [...]

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