World War II History for May 17
1940 – Germany occupied Brussels, Belgium and began the invasion of France.
1941 – German planes bombed British forces in Iraq.
1946 – U.S. President Truman seized control of the nation’s railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
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This entry was posted by Steven Terjeson
on Saturday, May 17th, 2008 at 11:12 am and is filed under Today.
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World War II researcher and historian working to preserve history and educate future generations. A student of Military History working to author and collect as much data as possible on the WWII time period.
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