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World War II History for May 8

Steven Terjeson | May 8, 2009

Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: Victory in Europe -VE- Day – NBC Special Broadcast (56min)

 
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World War II History for May 8
8 May 1943 – The Germans suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews and destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto.
8 May 1945 – U.S. President Harry Truman announced that World War II had ended in Europe. He [...]

World War II History for October 2

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 [...]

World War II History for September 27

Steven Terjeson | September 27, 2008

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World War II History for September 27
1939 – Poland surrenders
On this day in 1939, 140,000 Polish troops are taken prisoner by the German invaders as Warsaw surrenders to the superior mechanized forces of Hitler’s army. The Poles fought bravely, but were able to hold on for only 26 days.
On the heels [...]

World War II History for August 5

Steven Terjeson | August 5, 2008

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World War II History for August 5
1944 – Polish insurgents liberated a German labor camp in Warsaw. 348 Jewish prisoners were freed.
On this day in 1944, Polish insurgents liberate a German forced-labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners, who join in a general uprising against the German occupiers of [...]

 
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World War II History for July 22

Steven Terjeson | July 22, 2008

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World War II History for July 22
1942 – Deportations from Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka begin
On this day in 1942, the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins, as thousands are rounded up daily and transported to a newly constructed concentration/extermination camp at Treblinka, in Poland.
On July 17, Heinrich Himmler, [...]

World War II History for July 15

Steven Terjeson | July 15, 2008

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World War II History for July 15
1941 – Garbo makes an appearance
On this day in 1941, master spy Juan Pujol Garcia, nicknamed “Garbo,” sends his first communique to Germany from Britain. The question was: Who was he spying for?
Juan Garcia, a Spaniard, ran an elaborate multiethnic spy network that included a [...]

World War II History for April 19

Steven Terjeson | April 19, 2008

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World War II History for April 19
1943 – The Warsaw Ghetto uprising against Nazi rule began.
On April 19, 1943, Passover, Himmler sent more than 2,000 Waffen SS soldiers to combat the Jewish resistance. German tanks, howitzers, machine guns, and flamethrowers were met with Jewish pistols, rifles, homemade grenades, and Molotov cocktails. [...]

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