1939 During their brief period of comradeship, Hitler sends Joseph Stalin a telegram wishing him a happy sixtieth birthday. 1940 The RAF attacks Berlin, inflicting only minor damage. The Admiralty decides to transfer another Battleship, HMS Malaya to Force H from the Mediterranean fleet. Again this was to be accomplished by escorting a convoy to […]
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“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” – General Dwight D. Eisenhower General Dwight D Eisenhower (10/14/1890 — 03/39/1969) was a five-star general in the U.S. Army. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Eisenhower was responsible for creating
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1939 The Russians cease their attacks at Summa, leaving Finnish forces in control of the whole Mannerheim defensive line, except the Oinala Bulge. Captain Langsdorff of Admiral Graf Spee commits suicide. “Let’s Help Finland” event held at Madison Square Garden, New York City. 1940 The Luftwaffe continues its attacks against British cities, this time hitting Liverpool.
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Words At War Episode 50 “Lend Lease: Weapon For Victory“ Released May 24, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “Lend Lease: Weapon For Victory”. Words At War presents a thrilling and dramatic story, the story of Lend Lease.
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1939 The Russians lose 20 tanks out of 100 as they continue to attack at Summa. Inside US territorial waters off Florida, British light cruiser Orion fires at German freighter Arauca, violating Pan-American Neutrality Zone; Arauca puts in to port at Port Everglades, FL. 1940 Mussolini requests German assistance for his hard-pressed troops in Cyrenaica, asking for a Panzer Division,
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1939 First Canadian troop convoy, TC-1, arrives at Liverpool. Lavrenti Beria, head of the NKVD, orders the start of large-scale deportation of Poles to the USSR. The Finnish 40th Infantry Regiment of the Lapland Group, forces the Russian 273rd Infantry Regiment of the 9th Army to retreat at Pelkosenniemi. The RAF launch another daylight raid
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1938 Italy declares the 1935 pact with France invalid, because ratifications had not been exchanged. France denies the argument. 1939 Unable to complete the repairs to the Admiral Graf Spee within 24 hours, the time limit stipulated by international law for foreign warships in neutral ports to leave and under strict orders by OKM not to
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WAR needs the wires this Christmas: War can’t wait — not even for Christmas. So please don’t make Long Distance calls to war-busy centers this Christmas unless they’re vital…..BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
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1939 Finnish ski troops fight Soviets with first use of homemade “Molotov Cocktails.” 1940 134 RAF bombers attack Mannheim in revenge for German attacks against British cities. This is the RAF’s largest attack on a single target thus far in the war. 115 German civilian’s were killed or injured and 1,266 made homeless. It is also
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POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION ~ important for Soldiers . . . and Checks Today, every American Soldier wears two identical tags bearing his serial number, inoculation record and essential data >> Why two tags? Because Uncle Same plays safe — takes no chances of slip-ups in identification of personnel. >> For similar reasons of security, leading Banks
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