In the months following the Japanese on Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into World War II, the nation direly needed a morale boost. The idea for a retaliatory strike on Tokyo itself arose in January 1942, aimed to both lift spirits at home and shatter the Japanese belief that their Home Islands are safe from …
1940 British submarine Starlet sunk off Norway. Germans advance further north of Oslo. More British troops are landed at Aandalesnes in Norway with the plan of co-operating with the British and French troops already at Namsos to surround and then retake Trondheim. However, the Norwegian commander, General Ruge persuaded the Aandalesnes force, to move south …
Words At War “ Barriers Down“ Released November 21, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “Barriers Down,” by Kent Cooper, press association manager, who speaks at conclusion of dramatization on “World-Wide Freedom of the Press in Peace Treaties.” …
1940 Royal Navy Heavy cruiser “Suffolk” bombards installations at Stavanger, but on her return is badly damaged by Ju-88 bombers and barely makes Scapa Flow with her stern awash. Admiral Karl Dönitz withdraws U-boats from Norwegian waters to study torpedo failures. 1941 Yugoslavia surrenders, with the Wehrmacht taking 334,000 prisoners. King Peter of Yugoslavia is …
As you would seed him on a scale, he would weigh 180s pounds of of bone, muscle and fighting energy–a fine specimen of American manhood. But on the scales of the Army — and the Railroads–his “fighting weight” is …8 tons.
1940 British and French troops make landings at Namsos. British troops are landed in the Faeroe Islands. 1941 London suffers through the heaviest blitz of the war. Parliament buildings and St. Paul’s Cathedral suffer damage, and more than 2,250 fires are touched off by incendiary bombs. First US Lend-Lease food arrives in Britain. British destroyers …
NBC Words At War Episode 8 Love At First Flight” Released August 14, 1943. The funny and musical portrait of the making of a Naval Aviator, Lester Dowd. Adapted from the book “Love At First Flight by Charles Folding and Ottis Conner. Take a look at these other WWII Posts: J.R.R. Tolkien WW2 …
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1940 British unemployment falls to 973,000, lowest figure since 1920. British troops land at Harstad in the Lofoten Islands, opposite Narvik. Quisling government resigns in Oslo and a ‘Administrative Council’ takes control. Germans appoint a council to run the Norwegian government. Off Narvik, British destroyers Brazen and Fearless sink U-49; documents about the Enigma machine float to the surface and …
1940 The German Minesweeper M6 sinks Royal Navy submarine Tarpon. British and French troops land at Namsos near Narvik to assist Norwegians against German invasion. 1941 Germans break through the new Greek frontline. The Greek Army of Epirus withdraws from Albania. Yugoslavian government escape to Athens. Kaiser shipyards in Richmond, California lay keel for its …
Dorthy Malone was born Dorothy Eloise Maloney in Chicago, Illinois on January 30, 1925. The family moved to Dallas, Texas, where she worked as a child model and began acting in school plays at Ursuline Convent and Highland Park High School.
