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A Spitfires eye view of history 2008-06-18 17:50:24 A Spitfire’s eye-view of history flies home
Published Date: 18 June 2008 By Tim Cornwell - Arts Correspondent
It is remembered as a photograph that sank a battleship. In May 1941, Pilot Officer Michael Suckling, with an aerial reconnaissance Spitfire squadron flying from Wick, spotted and photographed a large vessel lying in a Norwegian fjord.
The Bismarck [...]
World War II History for June 18 2008-06-18 14:19:46 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for June 18
1940 - Benito Mussolini arrived in Munich to meet with Adolf Hitler. Mussolini’s foreign minister, Count Ciano, recorded in his diary that Mussolini left the meeting “very much embarrassed,” and feeling “that his role is secondary.”
Embarrassed over the late entry of Italy in the war [...] Read more:World War
World War II History for June 17 2008-06-17 21:25:18 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for June 17
1940 - British troops evacuated France in Operation Ariel.
British troops evacuate France in Operation Ariel, an exodus almost on the order of Dunkirk. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill offers words of encouragement in a broadcast to the nation: “Whatever has happened in France … [...] Read more:World War
Woman’s secret role in WW II 2008-06-17 11:00:27 FD woman had secret role in WW II mission
Hughes once served as code breaker with the U.S. Navy
By BILL SHEA, Messenger staff writer POSTED: June 17, 2008 (Full Article)
Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Helen Hughes, of Fort Dodge, describes her World War II service in a unit that broke the German Enigma code. Walt [...]
Video: Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima 2008-06-15 12:50:49 Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima
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World War II History for June 15 2008-06-15 12:17:16 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for June 15
1940 - The French fortress of Verdun was captured by Germans.
1943 - Paul Blobel, an SS colonel, was given the assignment of destroying the evidence of the systematic extermination of European Jews.
As the summer of 1943 approached, Allied forces had begun making cracks in Axis [...] Read more:World War
World War II History for June 13 2008-06-13 11:35:25 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for June 13
1940 - Paris was evacuated before the German advance on the city.
1943 - German spies landed on Long Island, New York. They were soon captured.
1944 - Germany launched 10 of its new V1 rockets against Britain from a position near the Channel coast. Of the [...] Read more:World War
One Man Army Passes 2008-06-13 10:50:30 ‘One man army’ Alton Knappenberger dies
Won Medal of Honor for WW II valor, but lived quiet post-war life in Earl Township.
By David Venditta | Of The Morning Call
June 13, 2008
Alton W. Knappenberger, who was born in Coopersburg, worked on a pig farm and received the nation’s highest military honor during World War [...] Read more:Passes
, One Man
Map: Pacific Theater 1941-1945 2008-06-12 17:10:25 The Second World War
The Pacific
Theater
1941-1945
First Phase
From 7 December 1941, until June 1942, the Japanese successfully attacked the Pacific Fleet’s base at Pearl Harbor, took Wake Island and Guam, invaded and conquered the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaya, and seized the British base of Singapore. They conquered Burma thereby cutting off China from all overland routes [...]
World War II History for June 12 2008-06-12 16:45:14 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for June 12
1929 - Anne Frank was born in Germany. She wrote in her diary about growing up in occupied Amsterdam during World War
II. She died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945.
1940 - 54,000 British and French troops surrendered to German Field Marshal Erwin [...]
World War II History for June 24 2008-06-24 18:27:41 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for June 24
1940 - France signed an armistice with Italy.
1941 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt pledged all possible support to the Soviet Union.
1945 - Soviet troops, in a parade, past Red Square in celebration of their victory over Germany.
As drums rolled, 200 soldiers performed a familiar ritual: [...] Read more:World War
World War II History for June 23 2008-06-23 23:30:51 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for June 23
1940 - Hitler takes a tour of Paris
On this day in 1940, Adolf Hitler surveys notable sites in the French capital, now German-occupied territory.
In his first and only visit to Paris, Hitler made Napoleon’s tomb among the sites to see. “That was the greatest and [...] Read more:World War
Defiant black nurse never quit 2008-06-20 13:18:33 Defiant black nurse never quit
Nobody hushed Evelyn Decker
By BY KEITH GOLDBERG - Times Herald-Record - June 20, 2008
Nurse Evelyn Decker served in segregated military hospitals during WW II and had to fight for more than 50 years to receive the captain’s bars she earned. She didn’t quit, and she finally got them.
WASHINGTONVILLE, NY — Evelyn [...]
World War II History for June 20 2008-06-20 13:11:46 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for June 20
1941 - German troops entered Russia on a front from the Arctic to Black Sea.
1943 - British bombers attacked sites in Germany and Italy under Operation Bellicose. It was the first time “shuttle bombings” took place during the war.
Taking off from airbases in Britain, [...] Read more:World War
World War II History for June 19 2008-06-20 00:44:51 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for June 18
1944 - United States scores major victory against Japanese in Battle of the Philippine Sea
On this day in 1944, in what would become known as the “Marianas Turkey Shoot,” U.S. carrier-based fighters decimate the Japanese Fleet with only a minimum of losses in the Battle [...] Read more:World War
Fun Facts - Berlin Elephant 2008-07-08 14:00:55 A bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin
during World War II killed every animal in the Berlin Zoo except the elephant, which escaped and roamed the city. When a Russian commander saw hungry Germans chasing the elephant and trying to kill it, he ordered his troops to protect it and shoot anyone who tried [...]
Veteran recalls WW II service 2008-07-08 12:21:35 Veteran recalls WW II service
Desiree Aflleje - The News Review, Roseburg, OR
It was dark when they landed on the sand. They dug foxholes where the beach met the Salamaua, New Guinea jungle, 300 yards from Japanese forces. The fighting was supposed to last 21 days.
It would be 76 days of combat, with no reinforcements or [...] Read more:Veteran
Death in the Swamps of Ramree 2008-07-08 12:07:51 Death in the Swamps of Ramree
In the rotting jungles of Burma, WW II war took on a primal kind of savagery that has seldom been witnessed in modern time. The Burmese mangrove swamps of Ramree, filled with every kind of lethal creature and disease, became the enemy as much as any man armed with a [...]
World War II History for July 8 2008-07-08 10:44:01 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for July 8
1941 - German General Franz Halder recorded in his diary Adolf Hitler’s plans for Moscow and Leningrad
“To dispose fully of their population, which otherwise we shall have to feed during the winter.”
On June 22, the Germans had launched a massive invasion of the Soviet Union, [...] Read more:World War
World War II History for July 7 2008-07-07 16:54:33 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for July 7
1942 - Heinrich Himmler decided to begin experimenting on women and extending experimentation on males in the Auschwitz concentration camps. Adolf Hitler agreed to the plan for medical experiments on the condition that it remain top secret.
Himmler, architect of Hitler’s program to exterminate Europe’s [...] Read more:World War
World War II History for July 3 2008-07-03 14:31:59 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for July 3
1940 - Operation Catapult is launched
On this day in 1940, British naval forces destroy the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, a port in Algeria, in order to prevent Germany from co-opting the French ships to use in an invasion of Britain.
With the occupation of France, the [...] Read more:World War
World War II History for July 2 2008-07-02 18:34:02 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for July 2
1944 - American bombers deluge Budapest, in more ways than one
On this day in 1944, as part of Operation Gardening, the British and American strategy to lay mines in the Danube River by dropping them from the air, American aircraft also drop bombs and leaflets [...] Read more:World War
World War II History for July 1 2008-07-01 17:11:14 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for July 1
1942 - German troops captured Sevestpol, Crimea, in the Soviet Union.
1942 - German U-boats attacked merchant ships in the Atlantic.
1942 - The Battle of El Alamein begins
On this day in 1942, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is brought to a standstill in the battle for [...] Read more:World War
South Pacific B-17 Pilot - Bob Perry 2008-07-01 17:06:46 ‘Bob’ Perry
, 85, WW II pilot, teacher
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - The Hillsboro Argus
Robert D. “Bob” Perry, 85, Hillsboro, died June 22, 2008.
A life celebration will be 10 a.m. July 25 at Bethel Congregational United Church of Christ, 5150 SW Watson Ave., Beaverton, OR.
Mr. Perry was born in St. Helens Oregon Oct. 23, 1922. He [...] Read more:South
, Pacific
, Pilot
World War II History for June 30 2008-06-30 17:14:11 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for June 30
1934 - Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the “Night of the Long Knives.”
1943 - General Douglas MacArthur launched Operation Cartwheel. The purpose of the operation, which took nine months to complete, was to [...] Read more:World War
Hero Ships: USS Arizona 2008-07-22 17:59:30 Watch the full episode of “Hero Ships: USS Arizona
” the tale of the beginning of World War II for the United States and the attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941. USS Arizona only lasted about 10 minutes into WW II but remains one of the wars most historic monuments. 1,177 men died on the [...]
World War II History for July 22 2008-07-22 17:34:38 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for July 22
1942 - Deportations from Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka begin
On this day in 1942, the systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins, as thousands are rounded up daily and transported to a newly constructed concentration/extermination camp at Treblinka, in Poland.
On July 17, Heinrich Himmler, [...] Read more:World War
World War II History for July 21 2008-07-21 19:51:11 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for July 21
1944 - American forces landed on Guam during World War
II.
1944 - Hitler to Germany: “I’m still alive.”
On this day in 1944, Adolf Hitler takes to the airwaves to announce that the attempt on his life has failed and that “accounts will be settled.”
Hitler had [...]
World War II History for July 19 2008-07-19 12:53:49 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for July 19
1942 - German U-boats were withdrawn from positions off the U.S. Atlantic coast due to effective American anti-submarine countermeasures.
1943 - During World War
II, more than 150 B-17 and 112 B-24 bombers attacked Rome for the first time.
[...]
World War II History for July 18 2008-07-18 18:11:41 Today in WW II HistoryWorld
War II History for July 18
1942 - The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in combat, made its first flight.
1943 - The United States lost a blimp, the K-74, for the first and last time during World War
II.
1944 - U.S. troops captured Saint-Lo, France, ending the battle [...]
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