1938 The United States recognizes Nazi Germany’s conquest of Austria. 1940 British Ministry of Food announces “Kitchen Front” campaign to save food. Germany recalls all 1, 2, 5, and 10-pfennig coins to reclaim copper & bronze; will use zinc instead. 1941 German, Italian and Hungarian forces begin the invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece. The Luftwaffe […]
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1940 British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, tells the British people that Hitler has ‘missed the bus’, meaning that a German invasion of the west is now unlikely to succeed. Norway and Sweden are both informed of the allied intention to mine Norwegian waters. RAF launch attacks against ships at Wilhelmshaven. 1942 Fuhrer Directive 41 rolls
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1940 In France, spreading Communist or antiwar propaganda is declared a capital offense. 1941 Field Marshal Erwin Rommel captures the British held town of Benghazi in North Africa. Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, is abandoned by Italians. 1943 Newly built gas chamber/crematory V opens at Auschwitz. 1944 Charles de Gaulle becomes the head of Free
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Words At War “Still Time To Die“ Released October 24, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “Still Time To Die”. A grisly portrait of Japanese atrocities during the war against China. Also, what “really happened” during the invasion
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1940 War Cabinet reshuffle, Churchill to chair committee directing general war policy. Soviets begin massacre of 20,000 Polish officers in Katyn Forest. The United States Congress cuts military spending 10 percent and refuses to fund heavy bombers as “aggressive weapons.” 1941 Hungarian Prime Minister Pál Teleki commits suicide rather than collaborate with Germany. In Iraq,
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NBC Words at War July 31, 1943. From The Land Of Silent People Based on Robert St. John’s book as he saw it happen. He tells of the horrors that he saw in Yugoslavia and later Greece in just a few short weeks in 1941. He tells of the bombing of the people on Bloody
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Carole Landis: The Hollywood Star Who Became WWII’s Most Tireless Patriot Born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste on January 1, 1919, in Fairchild, Wisconsin, Carole Landis lived a life as bright and as brief as a comet. Her legacy, often overshadowed by tragedy, is one that deserves renewed recognition—not just as a glamorous Hollywood actress, but
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1940 Hitler gives orders that the invasion of Denmark and Norway is to begin on the 9th April 1940. Germans again attack Scapa Flow and North Sea convoys. 1941 The 5th Light Division recaptures Agedabia from the British and fans out into three columns, two of which race across the desert in an attempt to
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1940 The United States 1940 Census taken: population 131,669,000, a 7.2% increase since 1930. The British Minister of Food announces Dig for Victory campaign to encourage growing food at home. 1941 General Platt and his ‘Northern Force’ capture Asmara, the capital of Eritrea. A pro-axis coup, led by Raschid Ali seizes power in Iraq. The
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1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if Germany threatens to invade. 1940 German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis sets sail, will sink 22 ships before being sunk November 22, 1941. 1941 British civilian casualties for March are 4,259 killed and 5,557 injured. Italian naval forces sink the British Cruiser, HMS Bonaventure off Crete. The 5th Light
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