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November 25, 2013
Today in World War II History
Thanksgiving menu from USS Wake Island, 1943 (US Navy)70 Years Ago—Nov. 25, 1943: US celebrates Thanksgiving. Australians take Sattelberg, New Guinea. Battle of Cape St. George: US sinks 3 Japanese destroyers (Onami, Yugiri, Makinami) in last naval battle in Solomons.
November 24, 2013
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—Nov. 24, 1943: Escort carrier USS Liscome Bay sunk by I-175 off Makin, 644 killed, including African-American Pearl Harbor hero Dorie Miller.
November 23, 2013
Today in World War II History
US Marines fighting on Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Nov 1943(US National Archives)70 Years Ago—Nov. 23, 1943: US secures Betio in Tarawa Atoll. French Expeditionary Corps HQ under Gen. Alphonse Juin arrives in Italy. Phillies owner William Cox banned from baseball for betting on his own team.
November 22, 2013
Today in World War II History
Crowds celebrating release of Lebanese prisoners by French,
22 November 1943
(Public domain via Wikipedia)70 Years Ago—Nov. 22, 1943: Free French provisionally recognize Lebanese independence and release leaders from prison—Lebanon’s Independence Day. RAF launches first 2000-ton night raid on Berlin.
November 21, 2013
Today in World War II History
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German gun battery at Longues-sur-Mer, France, part of the Atlantic Wallfortifications. (Photo: public domain via Wikipedia)70 Years Ago—Nov. 21, 1943: German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel placed in command of Atlantic Wall defenses in France.
November 20, 2013
Today in World War II History
US 165th Infantry lands at Butaritari, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands, 20 Nov 1943
(US National Archives)70 Years Ago—Nov. 20, 1943: In Gilberts, US Army and Marines land on Betio in Tarawa Atoll and Makin, and take Makin the same day. New song in Top Ten: “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” from the musical Oklahoma!
November 19, 2013
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—Nov. 19, 1943: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lvov, prisoners make mass escape attempt, a few succeed.
November 18, 2013
Today in World War II History
RAF Lancasters, 194270 Years Ago—Nov. 18, 1943: RAF begins Battle of Berlin, as 400 Lancasters bomb Germany’s capital.
November 17, 2013
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—Nov. 17, 1943: First US Fifteenth Air Force heavy bomber group transfers to Italy from North Africa.
November 16, 2013
Today in World War II History
Southeast Asia Command insignia70 Years Ago—Nov. 16, 1943: Southeast Asia Command (SEAC) formed with Allied forces under Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten.
