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February 26, 2018
Today in World War II History—Feb. 26, 1943
Australian troops in the Wau-Mubo area of New Guinea, 29 June 1943 (Australian War Memorial)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 26, 1943: Six journalists, including Walter Cronkite and Andy Rooney, fly on a US Eighth Air Force bombing raid to Wilhelmshaven, Germany; Robert B. Post of the New York Times is killed in a lost B-24.
Australians secure Wau, New Guinea area.
February 25, 2018
Today in World War II History—Feb. 25, 1943
US troops marching through Kasserine Pass, Tunisia, 26 Feb 1943 (US Army Signal Corps photo)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 25, 1943: U-boats break off attack on Allied North Atlantic convoy ON-166; 15/49 ships have been lost since February 21.
In Tunisia, US II Corps reoccupies abandoned Kasserine Pass.
In New Zealand, Japanese POWs attempt escape; 48 POWs and one guard killed.
US 11th Airborne Division activated under Maj. Gen. Joseph Swing at Camp Mackall, NC.
February 24, 2018
Today in World War II History—Feb. 24, 1943
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel with his staff in Tunisia, 1943 (US Army Center of Military History)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 24, 1943: German Army Group Africa created under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, including 1st Italian Army under Gen. Giovanni Messe and German 5th Panzer Army under Gen. Hans-Jürgin von Arnim.
February 23, 2018
Today in World War II History—Feb. 23 1943
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel talking to German troops in captured American half-track, Tunisia, 1943 (German Federal Archives: Bild 146-1990-071-31)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 23 1943: Rommel retreats back through Kasserine Pass; Americans have lost 192 killed and 2400 POWs in battle.
Allied Convoy UC-1 loses 7 tankers to German U-boats over the next two days, with the first use of German acoustic homing torpedoes.
February 22, 2018
Today in World War II History—Feb. 22, 1943
Sophie Scholl, 1942 (public domain via Wikipedia)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 22, 1943: Nazis try and execute Hans & Sophie Scholl, Christoph Probst, and 4 other leaders of White Rose resistance group.
In Norway, Nazi collaborationist Quisling orders conscription of 35,000 Norwegian men for military construction.
Battleship USS Iowa is commissioned, New York Naval Yard, first of four Iowa-class battleships, the last US battleships (currently a museum ship in Long Beach, CA).
Battleship USS Iowa commissioning ceremony, New York Naval Shipyard, New York, 22 Feb 1943 (US National Archives)
February 21, 2018
Today in World War II History—Feb. 21, 1943
Knocked-out Soviet T-34 tanks in Kharkov, Ukraine, Feb 1943 (public domain via WW2 Database)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 21, 1943: US Marines and 43rd Infantry Division take Russell Islands in the Solomons unopposed.
Germans open counterattack in Ukraine toward Kharkov.
Thirty-five Japanese-Americans are arrested at Tule Lake Relocation Center for refusing to fill out a loyalty questionnaire.
February 20, 2018
Today in World War II History—Feb. 20, 1943
US poster, WWII, featuring Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom of Speech”
75 Years Ago—Feb. 20, 1943: Germans take Kasserine Pass in Tunisia; first use of German Nebelwerfer rocket launcher.
Movie executives agree to allow US Office of War Information to censor films.
New song in Top Ten: “I’ve Heard That Song Before.”
Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom of Speech” appears on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.
German 21cm Nebelwerfer rocket launcher, Tunisia, April 1943 (German Federal Archive: Bild 101I-787-0505-09A)
February 19, 2018
Three-Book Giveaway Winner!
Thank you to everyone who joined the author Q&As and entered the giveaway of Kristy Cambron’s The Lost Castle, Jocelyn Green’s A Refuge Assured, and my novel The Sea Before Us!
We had 1342 entries here on my blog! And the winner is…
Jessica Alvarado!
In addition, Nichole Ridner won the three-book bundle on Jocelyn’s blog, and Grace Knetter won the three-book bundle on Kristy’s Instagram page!
Congratulations to all three of you! Jessica, I’ll contact you by email so we can mail you the books!
Today in World War II History—Feb. 19, 1943
US M3 Grant tank near Kasserine Pass in Tunisia, late Feb 1943 (US Army Signal Corps photo)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 19, 1943: Battle of Kasserine Pass begins: German forces under Rommel drive back US II Corps in Tunisia at Kasserine and Sbiba Passes.
British Gen. Harold Alexander takes control of 18th Army Group in Tunisia (British First and Eighth Armies, US II Corps, and Free French).
February 18, 2018
Today in World War II History—Feb. 18, 1943
Song Meiling, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, addressing US Congress, 18 Feb 1943 (public domain via Republic of China Ministry of the National Defense)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 18, 1943: Nazis arrest the ringleaders of the White Rose resistance group at the University of Munich.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek addresses joint session of Congress, the first woman and the first Chinese to do so.
First class of 39 flight nurses graduates from the School of Air Evacuation at Bowman Field, Kentucky.
A B-29 Superfortress bomber crashes in test flight into a meat-packing plant in Seattle, 33 killed.
At the Army Air Force School of Air Evacuation at Bowman Field, KY, student flight nurses learn how to handle patients with the aid of a mock-up fuselage of a Douglas C-47 transport. (National Museum of the USAF)
