mighty Archives - World War 2 Collection

This Week in WWII – 4th Week of November

By Shawn Janes |

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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This Week in WWII – 4th Week of October

By Shawn Janes |

1929
Wall Street stock market crashes.
1933
Dachau opens.
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This Week in WWII – 3rd Week of October

By Shawn Janes |

1933
Nazis open Dachau concentration camp.
1938
German troops occupy the Sudetanland.
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This Week in WWII: 1st Week of October

By Shawn Janes |

1939
Assassination attempt is made on Hitler by the Polish Army in Charles de Gaulles Square. The bomb failed to explode.
1940
Heavy bomber raids continue against cities at night. During the day fighter-bombers fly nuisance raids against coastal towns, airfields and other military targets.
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Live To Tell The Tale

By Shawn Janes |

Among the survivors of the Tuskegee Airmen group who fought during World War II was Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson. The Tuskegee Airmen was a popular term for the group of African American pilots who formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Corps.