WWII Today in History. On these pages you will find of some of the most important events that shaped World War 2.
1940 The Italians begin their invasion of British Somaliland, East Africa. Using some 25,000 troops, they push the small British garrison back towards the port of Berbera. 1941 Stimson shows Hull the Magic intercept of Toyoda’s “encirclement” message to Berlin, that Japan and Germany will encircle their enemies, Russia and India. The US Far East […]
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1940 Churchill warns nation against believing rumours that invasion threat is over. Italian troops under General Guglielmo Nasi invade British Somaliland from Italian Ethiopia. 1941 The Archbishop of Munster gives a sermon in which he calls the Nazi euthanasia program murder. The archbishop is imprisoned in a German concentration camp until the end of the
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1940 Montreal mayor Camillien Houde publicly urges Quebecers to not sign up for national registration for war duty. Lord Beaverbrook appointed to War Cabinet. French military court sentences de Gaulle to death in absentia. Italy reported to be massing troops on Libya-Egypt border. British Royal Navy bombards Italian naval base on Sardinia. 1941 US and
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1940 RAF bomb Krupp works at Essen. British Order in Council declares the start of the grouse shooting season to be August 5 instead of the 12th. Hitler signs Directive No.17, requiring the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine to increase their attacks against Britain and her shipping, in preparation for ‘Operation Sealion’. Russian Foreign Minister Molotov reaffirms
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1940The Luftwaffe ceases major air raids over Britain as it builds up strength for it forth coming onslaught. Act of Havana signed to prevent German takeover of colonies. First Free Polish fighter squadron is formed in Britain. 1941Polish-Soviet agreement of cooperation signed at London. US gunboat Tutiula damaged by Japanese planes near Chungking. British planes
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1940 Eighty (80) German planes attack Dover harbour; British claim 17 down; Air Ministry accuses Germans of using Red Cross planes for reconnaissance. Germany apologizes to Eire for Wexford bombing. Intense dogfights over London and Home Counties. Britain refuses German proposal to use 64 Red Cross ships to rescue airmen from the English Channel. A
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1940 All road and rail links between occupied France and Vichy cut by the Germans. Slovak President and Premier meet Hitler and von Ribbentrop at Berchtesgarden. Act of Havana is signed by the US and twenty Latin American countries, agreeing to help any country threatened by the Axis in the Americas. 1941 Finland ends diplomatic
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1940 German aircraft sink destroyers Codrington at Dover and Wren off the Suffolk coast. Japan announces its plans for the creation of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. 1941 London is severely bombed by the Luftwaffe, in its first air raid for 10 weeks. German troops liberate Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Guderian’s Panzer Group
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World War II Today: July 26: The following events occurred on this date during the course of World War 2. 1940 Secretary-General of League of Nations, Joseph Avenol, resigns. 1941 Three Soviet armies are encircled and destroyed in the Mogilev area. 3,800 Jews killed during a pogrom by Lithuanians in Kovno. Italian motorboats attack Valetta
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1940 British claim 25 German planes downed in a day, the highest total so far. Reich Minster of Economics Funk outlines ‘New Order’ for Europe, with forced labor from occupied countries. Compulsory evacuation of women and children ordered from Gibraltar. Swiss Gen. Henri Guisan, commander of all Swiss forces, reacts to an appeasement-oriented speech by Federal
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