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Today in World War II History

70 Years Ago—May 10, 1940: Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg; and German troops land at Belgian Fort Eben Emael in the first use of glider-borne troops in history. British Prime Min. Neville Chamberlain resigns and is replaced by Winston Churchill.
65 Years Ago—May 10, 1945: Soviets take Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Today in World War II History

70 Years Ago—May 9, 1940: British ships seize German U-boat U-110 off Greenland with secret Enigma machine & code books.
65 Years Ago—May 9, 1945: German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signs unconditional surrender to the Soviets in Berlin.

Happy V-E Day Anniversary!

Sixty-five years ago today, the Allies celebrated Victory in Europe. People went to church and prayed. Bells rang. Parades rejoiced through small towns and cities.

The cost of victory was high. Tens of millions were killed in battle. More tens of millions were murdered and starved in concentration camps. And more millions perished as civilian casualties of bombing. Many of Europe's great cities lay in heaps of rubble. The infrastructure of factories, railways, bridges, and roads lay in tangle...

Today in World War II History - V-E Day Anniversary!

65 Years Ago—May 8, 1945: V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)—Allies celebrate as the German surrender becomes official.
70 Years Ago—May 8, 1940: A medical study shows insulin shock treatment is effective for mental illness.

Today in World War II History

65 Years Ago—May 7, 1945: Germany surrenders—Gen. Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender at Rheims at 2:41 am, effective May 8.

Today in World War II History

70 Years Ago—May 6, 1940: In California, the principal of South Pasadena High School shoots and kills five school employees.
65 Years Ago—May 6, 1945: US Fifth Army enters Austria from Italy.

Today in World War II History

70 Years Ago—May 5, 1940: Norwegian government-in-exile forms in London.
65 Years Ago—May 5, 1945: In Oregon, one woman and five children are killed by a Japanese balloon bomb. In the Last U-boat attack off the US coast, U-853 sinks SS Black Point, and is then sunk by USS Atherton.

Today in World War II History

65 Years Ago—May 4, 1945: German forces in northwest Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark surrender to the British at Lüneburg Heath, to be effective May 5 at 08:00.

Lessons from the 1940s Mother - Work and Play

Today's parenting magazines trumpet the necessity of playing with your children, and mommy blogs gush about the joys of floor time and entering the child's world.

If a 1940s' mom time-traveled to 2010, she would be confused by this. She had work to do. Play was for children. Not that she ignored her children, but instead of becoming a part of the child's world, the mother drew the child into her world - teaching, shaping, and establishing her authority. In this poster, the mother is showing he...

Today in World War II History

70 Years Ago—May 3, 1940: Norwegian forces surrender to the Germans in Trondheim.
65 Years Ago—May 3, 1945: British and Indian forces take Rangoon, Burma.