1940 U-boats sink seven neutral ships. 1941 US 99th Pursuit Squadron activated, the first black unit in the Army Air Corps. Grand Coulee Dam opens in Washington state, the world’s largest source of electric power. 1942 Late in the afternoon after an unsuccessful Italian torpedo-aircraft attack, Admiral Iachino’s squadron engages the British convoy. The convoy …
1940 Paul Reynaud becomes Prime Minister of France, with Edouard Daladier being made Minister of Defense and War. First German merchant ship sunk by British sub: British submarine Ursula sinks German freighter Heddernheim. 1941 The last Italian post in East Libya, North Africa, falls to the British. 1942 In a repeat of Force H’s mission …
Words At War “Journey Through Chaos“ Released September 26, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “Journey Through Chaos” Take a look at these other WWII Posts: Words at War: One Man Air Force WWII Today: February 10 …
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1940 The British Royal Air Force conducts an all-night air raid on the Nazi airbase at Sylt, Germany. French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier resigns after vote of no confidence from Parliament. 1941 Four Yugoslav ministers resign rather than accept German terms. The Berbera force and elements of the 11th African Division meet at Hargeisa inside …
1936 The Soviet Union signs a pact of assistance with Mongolia against Japan. 1940 The RAF retaliates against the Luftwaffe’s bombing of Scapa Flow, by attacking the German seaplane base at Hornum on the island of Sylt with 50 bombers. Later photo reconnaissance reveals little damage to the target. Helsinki releases figures showing that 26,662 Finns …
1940 Mussolini and Hitler meet in the Brenner Pass in northern Italy, Mussolini agreeing to Italy’s entry into the war “at an opportune moment”. Alan Turing’s Bombe electromechanical decipher machine becomes operational at Bletchley Park, England to decrypt German Enigma messages. Russia assures Sweden of its safety after Finland’s surrender. 1941 The United States and …
Words At War. July 17, 1943. “The Last Days Of Sevastopol”. Sustaining. A very well done dramatization of the siege of this valiant Russian city by the Nazis, and its brave defenders. An announcement is made that this was the first book in history that was delivered to its publisher entirely by cable. The Last …
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1940 Fritz Todt named German Minister for Armaments and Munitions. 1941 The 11th African Division captures Jijiga in central Abyssinia; having advanced 744 miles up the Italian built Strada Imperiale in just seventeen days. In convoy HX-112, British destroyer Walker causes U-99 to scuttle (40/43 captured, including famous captain Otto Kretschmer). British begin to ration …
1935 Adolf Hitler orders a German rearmament and violates the Versailles Treaty. 1939 Germany occupies the rest Czechoslovakia. 1940 The Luftwaffe attacks the British Fleets anchorage at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. This raid causes the death of a British civilian, the first of the war. 1941 The Kriegsmarine loses two of its most …
1935 Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda bans four Berlin newspapers. 1939 Germany occupies Bohemia and Moravia, Czechoslovakia. 1941 Roosevelt broadcasts to the nation announcing ‘the end of compromise with tyranny. The British ‘Northern Force’ having concentrated the 4th and 5th Indian Divisions begin their offensive for Italian fortress of Keren in Eritrea. German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sink …
