1940 Hitler gives orders that the invasion of Denmark and Norway is to begin on the 9th April 1940. Germans again attack Scapa Flow and North Sea convoys. 1941 The 5th Light Division recaptures Agedabia from the British and fans out into three columns, two of which race across the desert in an attempt to …
1940 The United States 1940 Census taken: population 131,669,000, a 7.2% increase since 1930. The British Minister of Food announces Dig for Victory campaign to encourage growing food at home. 1941 General Platt and his ‘Northern Force’ capture Asmara, the capital of Eritrea. A pro-axis coup, led by Raschid Ali seizes power in Iraq. The …
1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if Germany threatens to invade. 1940 German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis sets sail, will sink 22 ships before being sunk November 22, 1941. 1941 British civilian casualties for March are 4,259 killed and 5,557 injured. Italian naval forces sink the British Cruiser, HMS Bonaventure off Crete. The 5th Light …
Jean Trent was born Opal Jones, a native of Denver, Colorado, she was a stunning brunette, five feet three and 124 pounds. Her birthday is believed to have been October 17, 1920. She attended high school in Denver, when she appeared in a school play. She liked the experience so much she decided to go for …
1940 The Japanese set up a puppet government called Manchuko in Nanking, China. 1941 Claiming their crews are engaged in sabotage, President Roosevelt orders the government to seize sixty ships belonging to Axis countries that are currently docked in American ports. 1942 First trainloads of Jews from Paris arrive at Auschwitz. The RAF makes a …
1936 Italy firebombs the Ethiopian city of Harar. 1940 In German-occupied territories, only Jewish doctors are now allowed to treat Jews. 1941 A ‘Commissariat’ for Jewish Affairs is set up in Vichy France. The Italians spot a British convoy escorted by 4 Cruisers and 4 Destroyers and close in. The British ships lure the Italians …
1933 Nazis order a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools. 1940 Dutch fighters shoot down a British bomber near Rotterdam by mistake, killing one flier. The British and French decide to start mining neutral Norwegian waters from the 8th April 1940. 1941 In an attempt to intercept British convoys sailing to Greece, …
Frances Langford was a popular singer and entertainer during the Golden Age of Radio and World War Two.
