Words At War “Captain Retread“ Released July 11, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “Captain Retread”. Sponsored by: Johnson’s Wax. A vet from the first war joins again to do his part during the second war. He finds …
1940 Britain and France say they will not honor 200-mile Pan-American neutrality zone and will attack German ships there. Animals in Berlin Zoo placed on war rations—less meat, no bananas or peanuts. 1941 Before Congress, Charles Lindbergh suggests the US negotiate a neutrality pact with Hitler. HMS Illustrious, heavily damaged, leaves Malta for repairs in Alexandria. …
1940 Destroyer Exmouth torpedoed off Wick, Scotland by U-22; all hands killed. British Ministry of Information begins censoring newsreels. 1941 The Destroyer HMS Hyperion sunk by mine off Cape Bon. Tobruk surrenders to British and Australian troops who capture 25,000 Italians, along with 208 guns and 87 tanks. Combined British and Australian losses were about 450. …
1940 Admiralty announce sinking of the Grenville, 8 dead, 73 missing, presumed dead. The Russian 8th Army launches an attack against the Finnish forces of Group Talvela, without success. The Finnish 9th Division is transferred from Suomussalmi to Kuhmo. 1941 Communist newspaper, The Daily Worker is suppressed in Britain. The US informs the Soviet Union …
“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” – J.R.R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkein, CBE (01/03/1892 — 09/02/1973) was an English writer, university professor, poet, and philologist. J.R.R. Tolkein was best known as …
1939 Adolf Hitler dismissed Hjalmar Schacht as President of the Reichsbank and appointed Walther Funk to replace him. 1940 Britain and France agree to send troops and supplies to aid Finland, but they do not arrive in time. 1941 Compulsory fire watching duty introduced in Great Britain. With Hitler’s tacit support, Marshal Antonescu suppresses a …
Deanna Durbin was born Edna Mae Durbin on December 4, 1921, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her British-born parents moved to California while she was still young, and her singing voice soon had talent scouts knocking at her door.
1941 Hitler and Mussolini meet at Berchtesgaden, with Mussolini accepting German military help in North Africa, but not Albania. British troops under General Platt, re-occupy Kassala in the Sudan and advance into Eritrea. 1942 British North Borneo surrenders to Japanese at Sandakan. Actor James Stewart receives his wings and commission in the US Army Air …
1940 British begin seizure and censorship of air mail passing through Bermuda. The Battle of Kunlun Pass ended with the Chinese holding the pass. 1941 The Greeks complete the Capture of Klisura Pass. The British complete Operation Excess with all convoyed freighters reaching their destinations. However, the light cruiser HMS Southampton was bombed and sunk off Malta by the Luftwaffe. Hitler issueds Directive …
1940 In Paris, Polish cryptographers break Luftwaffe Enigma code. 1941 During the night, the Italians evacuate Kassala and Gallalabat in the Sudan. Battle of Ko Chang: Vichy French battle Thai incursions into Indochina and defeat them in naval battle in Gulf of Siam. 1942 The last German garrison at Halfaya in Cyrenaica surrenders, with about …
