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Steven Terjeson | May 8, 2009
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Audio Clip: Victory in Europe -VE- Day – NBC Special Broadcast (56min)
Victory in Europe -VE- Day NBC Special Broadcast 1945-05-08 [56:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSteven 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Steven Terjeson | April 19, 2008
Today in WWII History
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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