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June 14, 2014
Today in World War II History—June 14, 1944
US 75-mm howitzer crew firing at Japanese positions in Myitkyina, Burma, June 1944 (US Army Center of Military History)
70 Years Ago—June 14, 1944: US and Chinese troops attack besieged Japanese forces in Myitkyina, Burma. Australia begins meat rationing (2 lbs/week).
June 13, 2014
Today in World War II History—June 13, 1944
V-1 “buzz bomb” over London (US Army Center of Military History)
70 Years Ago—June 13, 1944: Germans launch first V-1 buzz bomb at London, but censors do not allow announcement of V-1 attacks for a month. At Villers-Bocage in Normandy, one German Tiger tank destroys 25 British tanks.
June 12, 2014
D-Day 70th Anniversary Blog Tour – Sigmund Brouwer
D-Day 70th Anniversary Blog TourJune 2-13, 2014
Welcome to the D-Day 70th Anniversary Blog Tour! Ten authors of Christian World War II novels are commemorating the brave men who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Thank you for joining us as we remember their heroism and sacrifice.
For more information on the blog tour and for a chance to win ALL TEN novels featured on our blog tour, please visit each blog, collect the answers to the questions, and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway on the BLOG TOUR PAGE.
Today’s stop
Visit with Sigmund Brouwer, author of Thief of Glory, coming in August – a powerful story of a Dutch boy in a Japanese prison camp in the Dutch East Indies.
Today in World War II History—June 12, 1944
70 Years Ago—June 12, 1944: Allies consolidate all five landing beaches in Normandy, a 50-mile front. US Fifth War Loan starts.
June 11, 2014
D-Day 70th Anniversary Blog Tour – Cathy Gohlke
D-Day 70th Anniversary Blog TourJune 2-13, 2014
Welcome to the D-Day 70th Anniversary Blog Tour! Ten authors of Christian World War II novels are commemorating the brave men who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Thank you for joining us as we remember their heroism and sacrifice.
For more information on the blog tour and for a chance to win ALL TEN novels featured on our blog tour, please visit each blog, collect the answers to the questions, and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway on the BLOG TOUR PAGE.
Today’s stop
Visit with Cathy Gohlke, author of Saving Amelie, which follows a young American woman trying to smuggle a child out of Nazi Germany – a child whose deafness makes her a blight on her SS father’s record. The novel is getting fantastic reviews – I can’t wait to read it!
Today in World War II History—June 11, 1944
USS Missouri firing a salvo in her shakedown period, August 1944 (US National Archives)
70 Years Ago—June 11, 1944: US Fast Carrier Attack Force (TF 58) begins bombing the Mariana Islands in preparation for invasion. Battleship USS Missouri commissioned at Brooklyn, NY.
June 10, 2014
D-Day 70th Anniversary Blog Tour – Patty Smith Hall
D-Day 70th Anniversary Blog TourJune 2-13, 2014
Welcome to the D-Day 70th Anniversary Blog Tour! Ten authors of Christian World War II novels are commemorating the brave men who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Thank you for joining us as we remember their heroism and sacrifice.
For more information on the blog tour and for a chance to win ALL TEN novels featured on our blog tour, please visit each blog, collect the answers to the questions, and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway on the BLOG TOUR PAGE.
Today’s stop
Visit with Patty Smith Hall, author of Hearts Rekindled, a charming story set on the US Home Front. Patty is sharing a fascinating story about women pilots!
Today in World War II History—June 10, 1944
Flight nurses Lt Suella Bernard and Lt Foster, the first nurses to evacuate the wounded from Normandy to England. (US National Archives)
70 Years Ago—June 10, 1944: German SS troops massacre 642 civilians in Oradour-sur-Glane, France; only 10 survive. First US nurses land at Normandy, with the 128th Evacuation Hospital; also US flight nurses fly first air evacuation missions from France to England. US Eighth Army activated at Memphis, TN under Lt. Gen. Robert Eichelberger (will serve in the Pacific).
June 9, 2014
D-Day 70th Anniversary Blog Tour – Tricia Goyer
D-Day 70th Anniversary Blog TourJune 2-13, 2014
Welcome to the D-Day 70th Anniversary Blog Tour! Ten authors of Christian World War II novels are commemorating the brave men who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Thank you for joining us as we remember their heroism and sacrifice.
For more information on the blog tour and for a chance to win ALL TEN novels featured on our blog tour, please visit each blog, collect the answers to the questions, and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway on the BLOG TOUR PAGE.
Today’s stop
Visit with Tricia Goyer, author of Chasing Mona Lisa, an exciting thriller following Allied agents as they race through Paris to save art from the Nazis.
Today in World War II History—June 9, 1944
US troops and equipment being landed near Colleville-sur-Mer, France, 9 Jun 1944 (US National Archives)
70 Years Ago—June 9, 1944: Allies deliberately sink 53 old ships off Normandy to serve as a breakwater. Soviets launch offensive on Karelian Isthmus to take land lost to Finland in 1941.
