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October 16, 2016
Today in World War II History—Oct. 16, 1941
Russian militiamen in Moscow, 10 Oct 1941 (Russian International News Agency)
75 Years Ago—Oct. 16, 1941: Soviet government except Stalin evacuates from Moscow to Kuibyshev.
German & Romanian troops take Odessa, Ukraine.
Japanese government under Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe resigns.
October 15, 2016
Today in World War II History—Oct. 15, 1941
Odessa soon after capture by Germans; abandoned Soviet vehicles and barricades, October 1941 (public domain via Wikipedia)
75 Years Ago—Oct. 15, 1941: Soviets evacuate 35,000 troops from Odessa by sea in one night and destroy port facilities.
October 14, 2016
Today in World War II History—Oct. 14, 1941
75 Years Ago—Oct. 14, 1941: Germans encircle 6 Soviet armies near Vyazma and take Vyazma.
Germany announces that all German Jews will be deported.
October 13, 2016
Today in World War II History—Oct. 13, 1941
German nightfighter unit badge, WWII (public domain via Wikipedia)
75 Years Ago—Oct. 13, 1941: Hitler orders Luftwaffe to stop night intruder raids against British air bases.
October 12, 2016
Today in World War II History—Oct. 12, 1941
German infantrymen fighting in Russia, fall 1941 (US National Archives)
75 Years Ago—Oct. 12, 1941: Germans take Bryansk, Russia.
Nazis massacre 11,000 Jews of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
October 11, 2016
Today in World War II History—Oct. 11, 1941
75 Years Ago—Oct. 11, 1941: Encircled Soviet troops at Bryansk, Russia, break out.
New song in Top Ten: “Tonight We Love,” a big band version of Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto in B-Flat Minor.”
October 10, 2016
Today in World War II History—Oct. 10, 1941
“Queued up for Food” by Bedřich Fritta. Art from Theresienstadt, 1941-44 (public domain via Wikipedia)
75 Years Ago—Oct. 10, 1941: In Luxembourg, less than 3% of the population votes to join Germany.
Nazis open Theresienstadt concentration camp.
October 9, 2016
Today in World War II History—Oct. 9, 1941
US Army 16-inch gun guarding Panama Canal Zone, 1939 (US Army photo)
75 Years Ago—Oct. 9, 1941: Roosevelt approves program to research possibility of atomic weapons.
Pro-German president Arnulfo Arias of Panama overthrown in US-supported bloodless coup, replaced by Ricardo de la Guardia.
October 8, 2016
Today in World War II History—Oct. 8, 1941
Soviet T-26 tanks in a Russian village, 10 Oct 1941 (Russian International News Agency)
75 Years Ago—Oct. 8, 1941: Germans take Orel, key city south of Moscow.
Chinese drive Japanese out of Changsha area.
October 7, 2016
Today in World War II History—Oct. 7, 1941
John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia, 1942 (US Library of Congress)
75 Years Ago—Oct. 7, 1941: Stalin lifts ban on religion to boost morale in USSR as Germans advance.
Germans break through Vyazma defense line in Russia.
Due to parliamentary elections in Australia, John Curtin replaces Arthur Fadden as Prie Minister.
