http://wwarii.com/blog World War II History Blog - Daily World War II News, Photos, Audio & Information - See todays post and subscribe to daily newsletters and podcasts. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:23:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today in WW II History World War II History for November 20 1943 - During World War II, U.S. Marines began their landing on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands. 1945 - 24 Nazi leaders went before a international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. The Nuremberg Trials, which took place in ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/november-20 Today in WW II History World War II History for November 19 1940 - Hitler urges Spain to grab Gibraltar Adolf Hitler tells Spanish Foreign Minister Serano Suner to make good on an agreement for Spain to attack Gibraltar, a British-controlled region. This would seal off the Mediterranean and trap British troops in ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-november-19 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 ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-november-17 Today in WW II HistoryWorld War II History for November 141940 - During World War II, German war planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry when about 500 Luftwaffe bombers attacked. German bombers devastate the English city of Coventry, demolishing tens of thousands of buildings and killing hundreds ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-november-14 Today in WW II History World War II History for November 12 1942 - During World War II, naval battle of Guadalcanal began between Japanese and American forces. The Americans won a major victory. 1944 - During World War II, the German battleship "Tirpitz" was sunk off the coast of Norway. 32 British Lancaster ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-november-12 Download The Making of VALKYRIE Featurette - Starring Tom Cruise, VALKYRIE, is the true story of the assassination plot against Adolf Hitler that took place on July 20, 1944 and which was led by, among others, German staff officer Klaus Von Stauffenberg (whom Cruise portrays). This video of the making of VALKYRIE featurette ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/valkyrie-featurette WW II vet held in Nazi slave camp breaks silence: 'Let it be known' By Wayne Drash, Thelma Gutierrez and Sara Weisfeldt CNN 11/11/08 LOMA LINDA, California (CNN) -- Anthony Acevedo thumbs through the worn, yellowed pages of his diary emblazoned with the words "A Wartime Log" on its cover. It's a ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/a-wartime-log Today in WW II History World War II History for November 11 **Veterans Day** Veterans day marks the end of World War I, commemorating the men and women who serve in the military forces. 1940 - Battle of Taranto This battle, which took place during WWII, marked the first all-aircraft naval attack in history. ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/veterans-day-november-11 General Wladyslaw Sikorski's body to be exhumed From The Times November 11, 2008 The remains of General Wladyslaw Sikorski, the leader of Poland’s government-in-exile during the Second World War, will be exhumed to determine whether his death in 1943 was the result of foul play. Janusz Kurtyka, head of Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance, ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/general-wladyslaw-sikorski Today in WW II History World War II History for November 9 1938 - Nazi troops and sympathizers destroyed and looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, burned 267 synagogues, killed 91 Jews, and rounded up over 25,000 Jewish men in an event that became known as Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass." 1938, Kristallnacht, Jews, ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-november-9 Today in WW II History World War II History for November 6 1941 - Josef Stalin addressed the Soviet people for only the second time in his three-decade reign of terror. The day was the twenty-fourth anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. The rally was held underground, in the marbled halls of the ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-november-6 Today in WW II History World War II History for November 3 1941 - Japanese Ambassador John Grew warned that the Japanese may be planning a sudden attack on the U.S. 1941 - The order is given: Bomb Pearl Harbor On this day in 1941, the Combine Japanese Fleet receive Top-Secret Order No. ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-november-3 Killing Rommel: WWII Saga to be Directed by Randall Wallace Sep 3, 2008--Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer have acquired screen rights to "Killing Rommel," a novel by Steven Pressfield. Randall Wallace will write the script with Pressfield. Bruckheimer will produce. Published in the spring by Doubleday, the book concerns a British battalion?s attempt ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/killing-rommel-upcoming-film Today in WW II History World War II History for October 30 1941 - FDR approves Lend-Lease aid to the USSR On this day in 1941, President Roosevelt, determined to keep the United States out of the war while helping those allies already mired in it, approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease loans to ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-30 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 29 1942 - The British protest against the persecution of Jews On this day in 1942, leading British clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register their outrage over the persecution of Jews by Nazi Germany. In a message sent to ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-29 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 28 1922 - Benito Mussolini took control of the Italian government and introduced fascism to Italy. 1940 - During World War II, Italy invaded Greece. Mussolini surprised everyone with this move against Greece; even his ally, Adolf Hitler, was caught off-guard, especially since ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-28 Review of A Short History of the United States a publication by Robert Rimini View the full review page: A Short History of the United States A Short History of the United States is the quintesential quick review of US history. Robert Rimini does a great job of compiling this work and packing ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/a-short-history-of-the-united-states Today in WW II History World War II History for October 27 1940 - French General Charles de Gualle set up the Empire Defense Council. In 1940, French Gen. Charles de Gaulle, speaking for the Free French Forces from his temporary headquarter in equatorial Africa, calls all French men and women everywhere to ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-27 Review of Killing Rommel a novel by Steven Pressfield View the full review page: Killing Rommel Based on the real-life exploits of the British special forces Long Range Desert Group during World War II, Killing Rommel pits this elite group against the German Afrika Korps and its legendary commander Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. Author ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/killing-rommel Today in WW II History World War II History for October 22 1942 - The Allies met to discuss Operation Torch. Operation Torch was to be the first Allied amphibious landing of World War II. American Maj. Gen. Mark Clark meets in Algeria with French officials loyal to the Allied cause, as well ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-22 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 21 1941 - Germans massacre men, women, and children in Yugoslavia Today in 1941, German soldiers go on a rampage, killing thousands of Yugoslavian civilians, including whole classes of schoolboys. Despite attempts to maintain neutrality at the outbreak of World War II, Yugoslavia ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-21 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 20 1942 - Pierre Laval told the French labor that they must serve in Germany. 1944 - Allied forces invaded the Philippines. U.S. General Douglas MacArthur landed on the island of Leyte fulfilling his promise to return to the area where he ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-20 "I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." While this quotation may never have been stated by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, it defines the ending of the 1970 film Tora, Tora, Tora! Some of the other quotes in this movie did happen, including ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/tora-tora-tora Today in WW II History World War II History for October 19 1943 - The Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers began in Russia during World War II. Delegates from the U.S.S.R., Great Britain, the U.S., and China met to discuss war aims and cooperation between the nations. 1943 - Chinese and Suluks revolt ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-19 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 18 1942 - Vice Admiral William F. Halsey replaced Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley as commander in the South Pacific. The man nicknamed "Bull" by the press began his military career as a destroyer commander during World War I. Halsey was made ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-18 Today in WW II History World War II History or October 17 1941 - The government of Prince Fumimaro Konoye, prime minister of Japan, collapsed. Konoye, a lawyer by training and well studied in Western philosophy, literature, and economics, entered the Japanese Parliament's upper house by virtue of his princely status and ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-or-october-17 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 16 1941 - The Nazis advanced to within 60 miles of Moscow. Romanians entered Odessa, USSR, and began exterminating 150,000 Jews. 1946 - 10 Nazi war criminals were hanged after being condemned by the Nuremberg trials. Part of that group, Alfred Rosenberg, ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-16 Download VALKYRIE - Trailer - Starring Tom Cruise, VALKYRIE, is the true story of the assassination plot against Adolf Hitler that took place on July 20, 1944 and which was led by, among others, German staff officer Klaus Von Stauffenberg (whom Cruise portrays). Although there is some public awareness of the plot against ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/valkyrie-trailer-2 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 14 1933 - Nazi Germany announced that it was withdrawing from the League of Nations. 1944 - German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel committed suicide rather than face execution after being accused of conspiring against Adolf Hitler and the execution that would follow. 1944 ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-14 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 13 1943 - During World War II, Italy signed an armistice with the Allies and declared war on Germany. 1944 - American troops entered Aachen, Germany, during World War II. 1944 - During World War II, British and Greek advance units landed at ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-13 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 12 1942 - During World War II, Attorney General Francis Biddle announced that Italian nationals in the United States would no longer be considered enemy aliens. 1946 - Gen. Joseph Stilwell dies On this day in 1946, Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, the man ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-12 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 11 1939 - U.S. President Roosevelt was presented with a letter from Albert Einstein that urged him to develop the U.S. atomic program rapidly. 1942 - The Battle of Cape Esperance, during World War II, began in the Solomons. The battle for ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-11 This audio clip is of the CBS European News report 28 AUG 1939 just a couple days before the start of World War II when Germany invades Poland. Below are some of the transcripted notes from the audio file. The London news desk reports on the rail transportation along the Polish ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/cbs-european-news-1939 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 9 1939 - The U.S. Neutrality Act suffers a public relations setback when the German battleship Deutschland captures the City of Flint, an American cargo ship carrying farming supplies to England. 1940 - London's Cathedral of St. Paul sustains serious damage ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-9 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 8 1941 - Germany captured Mariupol. The German invasion of the Soviet Union begins a new stage with Hitler's forces capturing Mariupol. The Axis power reached the Sea of Azov. Despite the fact that Germany and Russia had signed a "pact" in 1939, ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-8 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 7 1940 - German troops entered Romania. Hitler's plan was to have a single easter front against the Soviet Union. Romania had allied itself with Nazi Germany on July 5, 1940. As early as 1937, Romania had come under the control of ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-7 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 6 1939 - Adolf Hitler denied any intention to wage war against Britain and France in an address to Reichstag. 1944 - Former French premier and Vichy collaborator Pierre Laval tried to kill himself on the day he was to be executed ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-6 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 5 1942 - Joseph Stalin sent a telegram to the German/Soviet front at Stalingrad. The message was "That part of Stalingrad which has been captured must be liberated." Stalingrad was a key to capturing the Soviet Union, in many ways as ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-5 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 4 1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in the Alps at Brenner Pass. Hitler was seeking help from Italy to fight the British. 1943 - Heinrich Himmler encourages his SS group leaders On this day in 1943, the Reichsfuhrer-SS, Heinrich Himmler, ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-4 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 3 1941 - Adolf Hitler stated in a speech that Russia was "broken" and they "would never rise again." 1942 - The Office of Economic Stabilization was established by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also authorized controls on rents, wages, salaries ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-3 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 ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-2 Today in WW II History World War II History for October 1 1938 - German forces enter Czechoslovakia and seized control of the Sudetenland. The Munich Pact had been signed two days before. 1943 - Naples was captured by the Allied forces during World War II. 1944 - Experiments begin on homosexuals ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-october-1 Today in WW II History World War II History for September 30 1938 - The Munich Conference ended with a decision to appease Adolf Hitler. Britain and France allowed Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland to be annexed by the Nazis. Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-september-26-2 Today in WW II History World War II History for September 29 1939 - Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to divide control of occupied Poland. The Germans took the west side of the Bug River and the Soviets took the everything to the east. 1943 - Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" was published ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-september-29 Today in WW II History World War II History for September 28 1939 - During World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed upon a plan on the division of Poland. 1942 - General Arnold fights for unique bombers On this day in 1942, Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold gives highest priority to ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-september-28 Today in WW II History 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 ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-september-27 Today in WW II History World War II History for September 26 1944 - Operation Market-Garden failed when thousands of British and Polish troops were killed in an attempt to seize bridges in the Dutch town of Arnhem. British Gen. Bernard Montgomery conceived an operation to take control of bridges that crossed ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-september-26 Today in WW II History World War II History for September 25 1942 - British bombers attempted to destroy the local headquarters of the German Gestapo in Norway. The plan failed. Germany invaded Norway in April 1940, in a stunning blitzkrieg campaign, a response to Britain's laying of mines in Norwegian waters--which ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-september-25 Today in WW II History World War II History for September 24 1941 - The Japanese consul in Hawaii was instructed to divide Pearl Harbor into five zones and calculate the number of battleships in each zone. Relations between the United States and Japan had been deteriorating quickly since Japan's occupation of Indo-China ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/world-war-ii-history-for-september-24 World War II History - Audio Feature Podcast: Columbia News Broadcast - D-Day Broadcast Pt 8 Today we bring you the 8th installment of the radio news broadcast after the landings in Normandy on D-Day (44-Jun-06) that went out to the United States. Download Columbia News Broadcast - D-Day Broadcast Pt 8 Here are ... http://wwarii.com/blog/archives/podcast-d-day-broadcast-pt-8