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April 14, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—April 14, 1940: British and French troops land at Narvik to assist Norwegians against German invasion.
65 Years Ago—April 14, 1945: US Fifth Army launches final offensive in Italy, toward Bologna.
65 Years Ago—April 14, 1945: US Fifth Army launches final offensive in Italy, toward Bologna.
April 13, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—April 13, 1940: British Royal Navy sinks eight German destroyers off Norway, and entire fleet at Narvik, Norway.
65 Years Ago—April 13, 1945: Soviets secure Vienna.
65 Years Ago—April 13, 1945: Soviets secure Vienna.
April 12, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—April 12, 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies at 3:35 pm EST at Warm Springs, GA. Harry Truman sworn in as president.
April 11, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—April 11, 1945: In Germany, the US Third Army liberates Buchenwald concentration camp, and the Ninth Army reaches the Elbe river near Magdeburg, 60 miles from Berlin.
April 10, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—April 10, 1940: Iceland severs ties with German-occupied Denmark.
65 Years Ago—April 10, 1945: US Eighth Air Force sends 1315 bombers to strike German jet bases, which leads to the essential end of jet program; ten bombers fall to jets, the highest loss to jets during the war.
65 Years Ago—April 10, 1945: US Eighth Air Force sends 1315 bombers to strike German jet bases, which leads to the essential end of jet program; ten bombers fall to jets, the highest loss to jets during the war.
April 9, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—April 9, 1940: Germany invades Denmark and Norway, with the first use of combat paratroops in history. Denmark falls, and in Norway, Germans take Oslo, Bergen, and Narvik.
65 Years Ago—April 9, 1945: German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer is executed in Flossenburg concentration camp. Soviets take Königsberg, Germany after long siege.
65 Years Ago—April 9, 1945: German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer is executed in Flossenburg concentration camp. Soviets take Königsberg, Germany after long siege.
April 8, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—April 8, 1940: British minelayers arrive off Norway and are surprised by German navy preparing to cover invasion of Norway. In heavy fighting, the HMS Glowworm is sunk.
65 Years Ago—April 8, 1945: The Royal Air Force makes the final raid in the Allied campaign against the German oil industry.
65 Years Ago—April 8, 1945: The Royal Air Force makes the final raid in the Allied campaign against the German oil industry.
April 7, 2010
Lessons from the 1940s Woman - Woman's Work Is Good Work
She's canning. In a frilly apron. And she's smiling. To the 2010 woman, this image looks hokey. Doesn't she know that kind of work is drudgery? A waste of her potential? Beneath her? While the women's movement opened up traditional men's work to women, somehow in the process, traditional women's work was demeaned. Child care, cleaning, laundry, and routine cooking are now seen by most women as drudge work. When I gave up a promising full-time career in pharmacy to stay home with my...
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—April 7, 1945: The world's largest battleship, the Yamato, on a suicide mission for Japan, is sunk by US naval planes off Okinawa (2500 killed).
April 6, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—April 6, 1940: New song in Top Ten: "The Woodpecker Song."
65 Years Ago—April 6, 1945: Japanese launch air counterattack on Okinawa: 800 planes, including 355 kamikazes strike US naval and ground forces; 400 shot down.
65 Years Ago—April 6, 1945: Japanese launch air counterattack on Okinawa: 800 planes, including 355 kamikazes strike US naval and ground forces; 400 shot down.
