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Steven Terjeson | May 27, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for May 27
27 May 1941 – U.S. President Roosevelt proclaimed an “unlimited national emergency” amid rising world tension.
27 May 1941 – The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by British naval and air forces. 2,300 people were killed.
27 May 1942 – German General Erwin Rommel began a major offensive [...]
Steven Terjeson | October 24, 2008
Review of Killing Rommel
a novel by Steven Pressfield
View the full review page: Killing Rommel
Based on the real-life exploits of the British special forces Long Range Desert Group during World War II, Killing Rommel pits this elite group against the German Afrika Korps and its legendary commander Field Marshall Erwin Rommel.
Author Steven Pressfield brings this narration [...]
Steven Terjeson | October 14, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for October 14
1933 – Nazi Germany announced that it was withdrawing from the League of Nations.
1944 – German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel committed suicide rather than face execution after being accused of conspiring against Adolf Hitler and the execution that would follow.
1944 – During World War II, [...]
Steven Terjeson | July 1, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for July 1
1942 – German troops captured Sevestpol, Crimea, in the Soviet Union.
1942 – German U-boats attacked merchant ships in the Atlantic.
1942 – The Battle of El Alamein begins
On this day in 1942, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is brought to a standstill in the battle for [...]
Steven Terjeson | June 12, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for June 12
1929 – Anne Frank was born in Germany. She wrote in her diary about growing up in occupied Amsterdam during World War II. She died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945.
1940 – 54,000 British and French troops surrendered to German Field Marshal Erwin [...]
Steven Terjeson | May 27, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for May 27
1941 – U.S. President Roosevelt proclaimed an “unlimited national emergency” amid rising world tension.
1941 – The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by British naval and air forces. 2,300 people were killed.
On February 14, 1939, the 823-foot Bismarck was launched at Hamburg. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler hoped [...]
Steven Terjeson | April 4, 2008
Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 4
Erwin Rommel
1941 – In North Africa, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel captured the British held town of Benghazi.
1945 – During World War II, U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany.
1945 – Hungary was liberated from Nazi occupation.
1949 – Twelve nations signed a treaty to [...]
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