Today in WW II History
World War II History for July 24
1941 - Japan invaded China by moving through Southeast Asia, an area that France had long occupied. France had “agreed” to the occupation under Petain’s puppet government.
1943 - Britain launched Operation Gomorrah. The operation was consisted of repeated bombing raids against Hamburg’s industrial and munition plants.
1948 - Soviet occupation forces in Germany blockaded West Berlin. The U.S.-British airlift began the following day.
Tags: Berlin, China, Germany, History, Japan, Operation Gomorrah, Soviet, Today, WWarII, WWII
This entry was posted by Steven Terjeson
on Thursday, July 24th, 2008 at 2:53 pm and is filed under Asian Theater, Europe Theater, Today.
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