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June 23, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—June 23, 1940: Hitler tours occupied Paris.
65 Years Ago—June 23, 1945: Australians secure the island of Tarakan in Indonesia.
65 Years Ago—June 23, 1945: Australians secure the island of Tarakan in Indonesia.
June 22, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—June 22, 1940: France signs armistice with Germany at Compiegne, splitting into a Nazi-occupied zone in the north and a Vichy-French zone in the south .
65 Years Ago—June 22, 1945: Battle for Okinawa officially ends at a high cost—13,000 Americans killed, 108,000 Japanese killed, including thousands of civilians who committed suicide. The US Navy took its heaviest losses of war with 36 vessels sunk. In addition, the US lost 763 planes and the Japanese lost 8000.
65 Years Ago—June 22, 1945: Battle for Okinawa officially ends at a high cost—13,000 Americans killed, 108,000 Japanese killed, including thousands of civilians who committed suicide. The US Navy took its heaviest losses of war with 36 vessels sunk. In addition, the US lost 763 planes and the Japanese lost 8000.
June 21, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—June 21, 1940: Polish government-in-exile arrives in London after evacuating Paris.
65 Years Ago—June 21, 1945: US task force takes Aparri in northern Luzon in the Philippines.
65 Years Ago—June 21, 1945: US task force takes Aparri in northern Luzon in the Philippines.
June 20, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—June 20, 1940: President Roosevelt names Henry Stimson as Secretary of War & Frank Knox as Secretary of Navy—both Republicans.
65 Years Ago—June 20, 1945: Australians take oil fields at Seria on Borneo.
65 Years Ago—June 20, 1945: Australians take oil fields at Seria on Borneo.
June 19, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—June 19, 1940: Germans continue their conquest of France, taking Nantes, Saumur, Tours, and Strasbourg.
65 Years Ago—June 19, 1945: US Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower receives a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
65 Years Ago—June 19, 1945: US Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower receives a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
June 18, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—June 18, 1940: Canada introduces military conscription, but overseas service is voluntary.
65 Years Ago—June 18, 1945: On Okinawa, Lt. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, Commander of the US Tenth Army, is killed by shrapnel.
65 Years Ago—June 18, 1945: On Okinawa, Lt. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, Commander of the US Tenth Army, is killed by shrapnel.
June 17, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—June 17, 1940: As German troops cross the Loire near Orleans, French Marshal Henri Pétain offers the surrender of France.
65 Years Ago—June 17, 1945: US Twenty-First Bomber Command begins B-29 incendiary raids on medium-sized Japanese cities; missions carried out using radar-bombing.
65 Years Ago—June 17, 1945: US Twenty-First Bomber Command begins B-29 incendiary raids on medium-sized Japanese cities; missions carried out using radar-bombing.
June 16, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—June 16, 1940: French Premier Paul Reynaud resigns, replaced by Marshal Henri Pétain.
June 15, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—June 15, 1940: USSR occupies Lithuania.
65 Years Ago—June 15, 1945: US B-29 incendiary raid on Osaka ends the major urban area campaign on the six biggest Japanese cities.
65 Years Ago—June 15, 1945: US B-29 incendiary raid on Osaka ends the major urban area campaign on the six biggest Japanese cities.
June 14, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—June 14, 1940: German troops enter Paris and fly the swastika from the Eiffel Tower. Auschwitz opens as Nazi concentration camp for Polish political prisoners.
65 Years Ago—June 14, 1945: British arrest Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Germany; he will be executed after the Nuremburg Trials.
65 Years Ago—June 14, 1945: British arrest Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Germany; he will be executed after the Nuremburg Trials.
