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Today in World War II History—January 30, 1943

Recruitment poster for the French Milice, WWII

80 Years Ago—Jan. 30, 1943: RAF flies daylight raid to Berlin, timed to interrupt Goering and Goebbels’s speeches on the tenth anniversary of the German Reich.

The Milice, a Vichy French militia, is formed under Joseph Darnand to counter the French Resistance.

Australians defeat Japanese at Wau, New Guinea.

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Today in World War II History—January 29, 1943

Recruitment poster for US Marine Corps Women’s Reserve, WWII

80 Years Ago—Jan. 29, 1943: Soviets drive southwest on the Voronezh front toward Kharkov.

Australian paratroopers land at Wau, New Guinea.

Maj. Ruth Cheney Streeter is named the first director of the US Marine Corps Women’s Reserve.

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Today in World War II History—January 28, 1943

Painting: “Go for Broke,” depicting Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team in action in France, October 1944 (US Army Center of Military History)

80 Years Ago—Jan. 28, 1943: Japanese attempt final drive for Port Moresby, New Guinea.

US military begins accepting Nisei volunteers and announces formation of Japanese-American combat units.

Germany orders registration of men ages 16-65 and women ages 17-45 for war work; most luxury and consumer industries are shut down.

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Today in World War II History—January 27, 1943

Steel pennies, 1943 (Sarah Sundin collection)

80 Years Ago—Jan. 27, 1943: First American mission over Germany: US Eighth Air Force, led by the 306th Bombardment Group, bombs Wilhelmshaven.

Lt. Ronald Reagan begins work with the First Motion Picture Unit to make films to improve morale.

US begins production of steel pennies; 1.1 billion steel pennies will be produced in 1943, saving copper for 1.25 million artillery shells.

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Today in World War II History—January 26, 1943

Gen. Sir Thomas Hunton (United Kingdom government photo: NPG x84322)

80 Years Ago—Jan. 26, 1943: Gen. Sir Thomas Hunton replaces Gen. Sir Alan Bourne in command of the British Royal Marines, serving as the first Commandant General Royal Marines.

Free French launch assault for Kairouan Pass in Ousseltia Valley, Tunisia.

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Yesterday’s Tides by Roseanna M. White

In 1942, Evie Farrow helps run the family inn on Ocracoke Island, but island life has been disrupted by German U-boats sinking ships off the North Carolina coast. When British survivor Sterling Bertrand washes ashore with secrets galore – and claims to be seeking a German spy, Evie’s life is turned upside-down.

Back in 1914, Louisa Adair helps run the same inn, but questions about her heritage haunt her. Englishman Remington Culbreth spends the summer at the inn, and the two strike up a friendship transcending class and race – but can their blooming love survive the divisions between them?

As Evie and Sterling debate about trusting each other and as more secrets come to light, they begin to see threads reaching back in time. Could the answers to their questions stretch to the yesterdays just beyond their reach?

A gloriously beautiful tale! Yesterday’s Tides has delicious romance, fascinating history, heart-pounding mystery, and wrenching family drama. The secrets, the dilemmas, and the intriguing characters kept me eagerly reading, even while I was in the midst of moving! Roseanna White‘s writing swept me to the enchanting Ocracoke Island, and I didn’t want to leave. Please don’t miss this novel.

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Today in World War II History—January 25, 1943

Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Anderson (right) at 78th Infantry Division headquarters in Tunisia, with Brig. C.B. McNabb and Maj.-Gen. V. Evelegh, January 1943 (Imperial War Museum: TR 636)

80 Years Ago—Jan. 25, 1943: Soviets divide German 6th Army in Stalingrad into two pockets.

British Gen. Kenneth Anderson is placed in command of all Allied forces in Tunisia.

The Pentagon opens—the largest office building in the world.

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Today in World War II History—January 24, 1943

Allied leaders at the Casablanca Conference, January 1943. Seated: President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill; standing, left to right: Gen. Brehon Somervell, Gen. H.H. Arnold, Adm. Ernest King, unidentified, Gen. George Marshall, Adm. Sir Dudley Pound, Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, Sir Charles Portal, and Vice Adm. Louis Mountbatten (US National Archives: 80-G-38559)

80 Years Ago—Jan. 24, 1943: In the Casablanca Declaration, the Allies demand the unconditional surrender of the Axis.

At the Casablanca Conference, Allies commit to the invasion of Sicily.

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Today in World War II History—January 23, 1943

British Valentine infantry tanks in Tripoli, Libya, late Jan 1943 (US National Archives: ARC 196346)

80 Years Ago—Jan. 23, 1943: British Eighth Army takes important port of Tripoli, Libya.

On Guadalcanal, US takes the last Japanese landing beach and cuts their supply route, and also takes Mount Austen and the last artillery sites harassing Henderson Field.

The film Casablanca opens in theaters nationwide.

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Today in World War II History—January 22, 1943

SS and French police round up Jews in the old quarter of Marseille, France, 24 Jan 1943 (German Federal Archive: Bild 101I-027-1477-29)

80 Years Ago—Jan. 22, 1943: Soviets begin final drive in Stalingrad.

Australian and American forces end organized Japanese resistance in Papua New Guinea, the first Japanese land defeat of WWII.

In the Vieux Port old quarter of Marseille, France, Nazis begin removing 40,000 residents to prevent partisan activity, rounding up Jewish residents, and looting; 1400 buildings will be destroyed in February.

Margaret Bourke-White becomes the first woman reporter to fly on a US Army Air Force combat mission, in a Twelfth Air Force B-17 to El Aouina Airfield, Tunisia.

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