Today in WW II History
World War II History for November 17
1887 - Bernard Law Montgomery was born in London, England.
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery at El Alamein
1941 - Joseph C. Grew, U.S. ambassador to Japan, cabled the U.S. State Department that he had heard that Japan had prepared a plan to attempt a surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. The attack was “planned, in the event of trouble with the United States.”
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