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November 9, 2015
Today in World War II History—November 9, 1940 & 1945
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain arrives at Munich for the Munich Conference, 29 September 1938 (German Federal Archives: Bild 183-H12967)
75 Years Ago—Nov. 9, 1940: Former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain dies of cancer, age 71. Germans start expelling 180,000 French from conquered Alsace-Lorraine.
70 Years Ago—Nov. 9, 1945: Movie premiere of short film The House I Live In, starring Frank Sinatra, written to combat anti-Semitism, which won Honorary Academy Award.
November 8, 2015
Today in World War II History—November 8, 1940 & 1945
75 Years Ago—Nov. 8, 1940: Churchill has extra ravens sent to the Tower of London to replace casualties from German bombings. British crown jewels are removed from the Tower of London to a secret location. Off Australia, US freighter City of Rayville is sunk by a German mine, the first US merchant ship sunk in the war and the first US merchant marine casualty of the war.
70 Years Ago—Nov. 8, 1945: Nationalist Chinese launch offensive against Communists in Liaoning Province. A riverboat sinks off Hong Kong, killing 1,550.
November 7, 2015
Today in World War II History—November 7, 1940
Tacoma Narrows Bridge on opening day, 1 July 1940 (public domain, University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections)
75 Years Ago—Nov. 7, 1940: Free French troops land near Libreville, Gabon, in Vichy-held French Equatorial Africa. Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington collapses in windstorm. Film showing collapse of Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 7 November 1940 (public domain)
November 6, 2015
Today in World War II History—November 6, 1940 & 1945
75 Years Ago—Nov. 6, 1940: Gandhi urges nonviolent resistance to British in India—and to Nazis in Britain: “Let them take your beautiful island.”
70 Years Ago—Nov. 6, 1945: Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov announces USSR will soon have atomic bomb.
November 5, 2015
Today in World War II History—November 5, 1940 & 1945
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938 (US National Archives); Wendell Willkie, 1940 (Library of Congress)
75 Years Ago—Nov. 5, 1940: President Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for third term, defeating Republican candidate Wendell Willkie. German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer raids British convoy HX-84 off Greenland, sinking armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay and 6 merchant ships.
70 Years Ago—Nov. 5, 1945: First carrier landing by a jet aircraft (FR-1 Fireball), on USS Wake Island off San Diego.
November 4, 2015
Today in World War II History—November 4, 1940
Kapitänleutnant Otto Kretschmer, commander of U-99, November 1940 (German Federal Archives: Bild 183-L22207)
75 Years Ago—Nov. 4, 1940: Off Ireland, U-99 sinks British armed merchant cruiser Patroclus (76 killed). Eggs and cake are rationed in the Netherlands.
November 3, 2015
Today in World War II History—November 3, 1940 & 1945
Greek soldier posing with a wrecked Italian L3/33 tankette during the Battle of Elaia-Kalamas, northern Greece, early Nov 1940. (Athens War Museum)
75 Years Ago—Nov. 3, 1940: Bad weather brings first night of no London air raids after 57 straight nights of Luftwaffe bombing. Greeks defeat Italians in Pindus Mountains.
70 Years Ago—Nov. 3, 1945: US War Production Board is inactivated.
November 2, 2015
Today in World War II History—November 2, 1940
75 Years Ago—Nov. 2, 1940: Off Ireland, destroyer HMS Antelope sinks U-31, the only German sub sunk twice in the war (originally sunk 3/11/40 and raised). Italian planes bomb Piraeus, Greece, burning port and killing 300.
November 1, 2015
Today in World War II History—November 1, 1940 & 1945
US V-Mail poster, WWII
75 Years Ago—Nov. 1, 1940: US Hawaiian Air Force activated under Maj. Gen. Frederick Martin. US Naval Air Station established in Alameda, CA.
70 Years Ago—Nov. 1, 1945: US V-Mail system is discontinued. All married US Navy nurses are released from service. First issue of Ebony magazine is published.
October 31, 2015
Today in World War II History—Oct. 31, 1940 & 1945
Topaz, Utah. A panorama view of the Central Utah Relocation Center, taken from the water tower, 14 March 1943. (US National Archives)
75 Years Ago—Oct. 31, 1940: Antibiotic sulfaguanidine is introduced as a cure for bacterial dysentery.
70 Years Ago—Oct. 31, 1945: Japanese relocation center at Topaz, UT closes.
