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September 13, 2014
Today in World War II History—September 13, 1939 & 1944
German Ju-87 Stukas over Poland, September 1939 (German Federal Archives, Bild 183-1987-1210-502)
75 Years Ago—Sept. 13, 1939: Germans resume offensive on Warsaw, Poland. Stained glass in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is removed for safekeeping.
Leopold Canal, Belgium (Archives Canada)
70 Years Ago—Sept. 13, 1944: In Belgium, Canadians cross Leopold Canal and Canal de Derivation, while British cross Meuse-Escaut Canal.
September 12, 2014
Today in World War II History—September 12, 1939 & 1944
Gov. Gen. of Canada Alexander Cambridge, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King at the Quebec Conference, 12 September 1944 (Library and Archives, Canada)
75 Years Ago—Sept. 12, 1939: Anglo-French Supreme War Council agrees to postpone military operations.
70 Years Ago—Sept. 12, 1944: Quebec Conference begins between Churchill and Roosevelt. Romania signs armistice with the Allies and agrees to fight Germany. US First Army takes first German city—Roetgen.
September 11, 2014
WWII 75th Anniversary Blog Tour Winners
Thank you to everyone who joined us in commemorating the 75th anniversary of the start of WWII with our eight-author blog tour and giveaway. To read these wonderful posts – scenes showing what our characters might have been doing or thinking early in the war, please visit Cara Putman’s blog for the links.
Thanks also to Cara Putman for organizing the tour, and to Kristy Cambron for designing the graphics!
The winner of the main prize, the bundle of eight WWII novels is…Lynda Edwards! Lynda has already been contacted and answered all eight questions correctly!
I also conducted an individual giveaway for a copy of In Perfect Time here on my blog. There were 239 entries! And the winner is…Vickie Jones! Vickie, I’ve already sent you an email.
Thanks again, everyone!
Today in World War II History—September 11, 1939 & 1944
Map of the Allied campaign in Northwest Europe, 26 Aug.-14 Sept. 1944 (US Military Academy)
75 Years Ago—Sept. 11, 1939: Polish submarines ordered to break through to Britain or to be interned in Sweden.
70 Years Ago—Sept. 11, 1944: US First Army reaches Siegfried Line at German border. At Saulieu, France, official contact is made between Overlord forces (landed in Normandy 6/6/44) and Dragoon forces (landed in southern France 8/15/44); Allied front now runs from the English Channel to the Swiss border to the Mediterranean.
September 10, 2014
Today in World War II History—September 10, 1939 & 1944
75 Years Ago—Sept. 10, 1939: Canada declares war on Germany.
US troops carrying supplies on the Gothic Line (US Army Center of Military History)
70 Years Ago—Sept. 10, 1944: US First Army liberates Luxembourg. In Italy, US Fifth Army launches offensive on Gothic Line toward Bologna.
September 9, 2014
Today in World War II History—September 9, 1939 & 1944
German troops in a Polish town, September 1939 (German Federal Archive, Bild 101I-012-0037-23A)
75 Years Ago—Sept. 9, 1939: Polish Army makes sole offensive of war, forcing Germans to withdraw from Warsaw. Hermann Goering boasts that Berlin will never be bombed by the enemy. Surprise sneak preview of Gone with the Wind at the Fox Theater in Riverside CA; producer David O. Selznick gauges audience reaction.
70 Years Ago—Sept. 9, 1944: Canadians overrun German rocket bases on Belgian coast. US First Army enters the Netherlands near Maastricht.
September 8, 2014
Today in World War II History—September 8, 1939 & 1944
Girl holding her dog in devastated Warsaw, Poland, 5 September 1939 (US Holocaust Museum)
75 Years Ago—Sept. 8, 1939: German troops reach Warsaw suburbs; Polish government evacuates to Lublin.
V-2 test launch at Peenemünde, Germany, summer 1943 (German Federal Archive, Bild 141-1880)
70 Years Ago—Sept. 8, 1944: Soviet troops enter Bulgaria, which switched sides and declared war on Germany the day before. First German V-2 rocket hits London.
September 7, 2014
Today in World War II History—September 7, 1939 & 1944
German troops at Westerplatte, Poland, 7 September 1939
75 Years Ago—Sept. 7, 1939: British send out first North Atlantic convoys from England. Germans take Polish naval base of Westerplatte.
Strafing motor transport in France, 1944 (US Army Air Force photo)
70 Years Ago—Sept. 7, 1944: US Ninth Air Force destroys five hundred German vehicles retreating in southern France. Chinese secure Sung Shan region of Burma.
September 6, 2014
Today in World War II History—September 6, 1939 & 1944
Schematic of V-2 rocket made by US Army, 1 August 1945 (US Army)
75 Years Ago—Sept. 6, 1939: German troops take Krakow, Poland.
70 Years Ago—Sept. 6, 1944: Germany launches first V-2 in combat, toward the Paris suburbs. The V-2 is the world’s first true rocket.
September 5, 2014
Today in World War II History—September 5, 1939 & 1944
Douglas A-26C of the US 386th Bomb Group, Boxted, England, September 1944 (USAF photo)
75 Years Ago—Sept. 5, 1939: President Roosevelt declares US neutrality and upholds ban on export of weapons. US establishes Neutrality Patrol to monitor military operations in western hemisphere and declares Neutrality Zone 300 miles off east coast.
70 Years Ago—Sept. 5, 1944: US Ninth Army activated in France under Lt. Gen. William Simpson. First use of Douglas A-26 Invader light bomber in combat (by US Ninth Air Force in England).
