Remembering Our Victory

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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.

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This Week in WWII – 4th Week of December

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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 – 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.

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This Week in WWII – 2nd Week of October

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1940
Germans postpone Operation Sea Lion until spring of 1941. Nighttime raids throughout London and Manchester and fifteen airfields attacked.
1942
First flight of the P-51 with the new Rolls Royce Merlin engine. Battle of Cape Esperance, off Guadalcanal, occurs.

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This Week in WWII: 1st Week of October

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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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