Shawn Janes, Author at World War 2 Collection

This Week in WWII – 2nd Week of December

1941
Prince of Wales and Repulse are sunk north of Singapore. Germany and Italy declare war on U.S. Japanese troops enter Burma. Japanese forces land in Penang and Gurun, on the Malaya Peninsula.

1942
Hitler appoints Anton Mussert as the leader of the Nederlands.
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This Week in WWII – 1st Week of December

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1941
Pearl Harbor: Japan attacks U.S. First Canadian troops arrive in Britain. U.S. declares war on Germany and Allies (not USSR) declare war on Japan.

1942
The first nuclear reactor goes critical at the University of Chicago under the leadership and design of Enrico Fermi.
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Anglia 94th Bury St Edmonds

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“The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.” -Chinese Proverbs quotes In war, soldiers face terror. They face the pain of being away from the ones they love. They face the fear of their lives being put at risk. They face the agony of seeing death before their very eyes. No…

This Week in WWII – 4th Week of November

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1937
Assassination attempt on Hitler by Josef Thomas in Berlin.

1940
The puppet government of Czechoslovakia signs the Axis Tripartite Pact.
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GI Joe, Lillie and Son

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“Family is like branches on a tree. They grow on different directions yet the roots always remain as one.” -Anonymous Family is salvation. It gives you strength in times of weakness. It helps you see the light in darkness. It gives you hope in despair. Family gives you the courage you need to face whatever…

This Week in WWII – 3rd Week of November

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1939
The first barricades are erected around the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, Poland.

1940
Greece repels the Italian invasion and invades Albania, an Italian colony. Nazi attacks on Coventry. Romania enters the war with the Axis powers.
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Unexpected Friendship

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“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” -C.S. Lewis In life, we face struggles, which sometimes seem unbearable, and the only way we can ever get through is having a hand to reach out too. By having someone at our…

This Week in WWII – 2nd Week of November

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1918 – WWI ends.

1938 – Kristallnacht – “The Night of Broken Glass.” German citizens loot and burn 7000+ Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues. 30,000 Jews are arrested and sent to Concentration Camps.

This Week in WWII – 1st Week of November

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1923 – Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch: a failed attempt at revolution that occurred between the evening of 8 November and the early afternoon of 9 November 1923, when Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler…

1932 – Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.

The Battle for Peace

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“A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.” -William Shakespeare All of us wish to live in a peaceful world and live a peaceful life. We all wish to live in a world where there is nothing to fear. We all wish to…