Audio Clip: 08.31.39 – BBC Alvar Liddell Reports On German 16 Point Plan
World War II History for August 31
08.31.39 The British fleet was mobilized.
08.31.39 In London, civilian evacuations began.
London Evacuations
08.31.43 The USS Harmon, first U.S. Navy ship to be named for an African American, commissioned. [1]
Poster – USS Harmon DE-678
USS Harmon DE-678
08.31.44 The British 8th Army broke through the German’s “Gothic Line.” The defensive line was drawn across northern Italy.
Gothic Line – Sept 1943
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