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March 6, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 6, 1941
Gutzon Borglum, 1919 (Archives of American Art, public domain)
75 Years Ago—Mar. 6, 1941: Luftwaffe begins dropping mines in Suez Canal to disrupt British shipping. Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of unfinished Mount Rushmore, dies during surgery; work finished by son Lincoln.
March 4, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 4, 1941
Raid on the Lofoten Islands: commandos watching fish oil tanks burning, 4 March 1941 (Imperial War Museum)
75 Years Ago—Mar. 4, 1941: British & Norwegian commandos raid Lofoten Islands, Norway; destroy oil plants, sink 8 ships (confiscating two Enigma machines and code books), take 314 Norwegian volunteers to England and take 285 German prisoners.
March 3, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 3, 1941
German soldiers in the Lublin Ghetto, May 1941 (German Federal Archive: Bild 101I-019-1229-30)
75 Years Ago—Mar. 3, 1941: Nazis begin deportation of 10,000 Jews from Lublin, Poland. Mars Candies receives patent for M&M’s.
March 2, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 2, 1941
75 Years Ago—Mar. 2, 1941: Germans occupy Bulgaria on way to invade Greece.
March 1, 2016
Today in World War II History—March 1, 1941
Official Protocol of Bulgaria’s accession into the Axis Tripartite Pact. Vienna, 1. March 1941 (State Archives of Bulgaria)
75 Years Ago—Mar. 1, 1941: Bulgaria signs Tripartite Pact. US Navy establishes Support Force Atlantic Fleet to protect convoys. Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America, are offered police protection in New York after death threats from US Nazis.
February 29, 2016
Book Beat – The Fragment by Davis Bunn
In 1923, young Smithsonian researcher Muriel Ross travels to Paris with her mentor, Sen. Thomas Bryant, who is on a quest to find an ancient reliquary containing a reputed fragment of the true cross. Swept into the grandeur of diplomatic circles, Muriel is especially touched by the French people, who are reeling from ravages of the Great War.
Rich with historical detail, The Fragment by Davis Bunn takes you on an exotic trip from 1920s Paris to Constantinople during the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Muriel is an appealing heroine with her academic bent, her artistic eye, and her adventurous spirit. The faith element of this novel is also compelling. A short novel, but well worth the read.
February 28, 2016
Today in World War II History—February 28, 1941
King Alfonso XIII of Spain, c. 1923 (public domain)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 28, 1941: Vichy France reduces bread ration from 350 to 280 grams per person per week. Exiled King Alfonso XIII of Spain dies in Rome, age 54; renounced rights to throne to son Juan.
February 27, 2016
Today in World War II History—February 27, 1941
75 Years Ago—Feb. 27, 1941: Academy Awards: Best movie of 1940—Rebecca, best actor—Jimmy Stewart in Philadelphia Story, best actress—Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle, best director—John Ford for The Grapes of Wrath.
February 26, 2016
Today in World War II History—February 26, 1941
75 Years Ago—Feb. 26, 1941: As the Dutch protest Nazi measures against the Jews, German soldiers fire on protesters in Amsterdam, 9 killed, hundreds arrested.
February 25, 2016
Today in World War II History—February 25, 1941
75 Years Ago—Feb. 25, 1941: British and Nigerian troops take Mogadishu, capital of Italian Somaliland. First delivery of Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers to US Army Air Corps. Movie premiere of screwball comedy The Lady Eve, starring Henry Fonda & Barbara Stanwyck.
