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This Week in WWII – 4th Week of March

1938
Herman Goering warns all Jews to leave Austria.
1939
France and Great Britain agree to support Poland in the event that Germany threatens to invade.
1941
Yugoslavia signs Tripartite Pact, becoming part of the Axis Powers.
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The Swinemuende 1945 – Boca Raton 2006 – Story

By Shawn Janes |

Herbert Weber, Iserlohn, born 1931, had been a student at Hagen/Westphalia Secondary School since Sept. 1941. Due to the rising intensity of allied air raids on West German cities, students and teachers of his school were evacuated to more safer regions in Eastern Germany at the end of July 1943.

This Week in WWII – 3rd Week of March

By Shawn Janes |

1933
Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power.
1941
Battle of Tobruk begins.
1942
Stalag Luft III opens.
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This Week in WWII – 1st Week of February

By Shawn Janes |

1933
Assassination attempt on Hitler. Ludwich Assner, ex-Nazi, sends Hitler a poisoned letter.

1941
Erwin Rommel appointed commander of the Africa Corps.

1942
B-25s take off from Hornet in a test for the bombing of Japan. Japanese troops land on Singapore Island.
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This Week in WWII – 4th Week of January

By Shawn Janes |

1939
First flight of the P-38. Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech.

1943
Casablanca Conference ends. Paulus and his troops are forced to surrender.
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This Week in WWII – 3rd Week of January

By Shawn Janes |

1936
First thirteen B-17s are ordered.

1937
FDR is inaugurated as U.S. President.

1941
FDR sends Churchill a letter in which he quotes Longfellow from “Ship of State,” indicating that he supports Churchill in the war effort.
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This Week in WWII – 2nd Week of January

By Shawn Janes |

1941
Washington Conference ends.

1942
Operation Compass, Operation Crusader, Operation Drumbeat, and Battle of Bataan.

1943
Casablanca Conference begins.
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This Week in WWII – 1st Week of January

By Shawn Janes |

1932
Assassination attempt on Hitler at the Berlin Hotel Kaiserhof. Hitler’s food is poisoned.

1940
Rationing begins in the U.K.

1941
Dutch Jews are forbidden to enter movie theaters.
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Remembering Our Victory

By Shawn Janes |

VJ Day serves as a reminder to many Americans that if they want to achieve something good, they have to make firm decisions. They have to make a good choice and follow one vision. So in the end, they’ll achieve something that they can truly be proud of.

This Week in WWII – 4th Week of December

By Shawn Janes |

1939
First flight of the B-24 bomber takes place.

1940
President Roosevelt quoted saying, “the Axis not merely admits, but proclaims that there can be no ultimate peace between their philosophy of government and our philosophy of government.”
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