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This Week in WWII – 1st Week of February

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 – 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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This Week in WWII – 2nd Week of December

By Shawn Janes |

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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PEARL HARBOR: THEN AND NOW!

By Ross Greene |

Seventy-one years ago, December 7, 1941 the US “was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” as FDR said. It was truly a “day that will live in infamy,” and will never be forgotten.”

This Week in WWII – 1st Week of December

By Shawn Janes |

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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This Week in WWII – 3rd Week of November

By Shawn Janes |

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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This Week in WWII – 2nd Week of November

By Shawn Janes |

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.