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February 22, 2010
Lessons from the 1940s Woman - Be Involved!
When World War II began, women sprang to action as volunteers. This was an area in which women already excelled. For example, my hometown's Women's Club was founded in 1902. In the early years, they were responsible for raising funds and spearing drives to estabish the town's library, high school, street signs, house numbering, street paving, water delivery and sewage systems, and the planting of shade trees!Nowadays, we glorify the wartime woman who went to work outside the home, but in...
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—February 22, 1940: IRA bomb explodes in London, killing seven, the last major bombing in a year-old campaign. Six-year-old Dalai Lama enthroned in Tibet.
65 Years Ago—February 22, 1945: 6000 US and British aircraft launch Operation Clarion to destroy German communications and isolate industrial Ruhr Valley. Academy Awards: Best movie of 1944—Going My Way; best actor—Bing Crosby in Going My Way; best actress—Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight.
65 Years Ago—February 22, 1945: 6000 US and British aircraft launch Operation Clarion to destroy German communications and isolate industrial Ruhr Valley. Academy Awards: Best movie of 1944—Going My Way; best actor—Bing Crosby in Going My Way; best actress—Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight.
February 21, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—February 21, 1945: Off Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikazes sink US escort carrier Bismarck Sea and damage carriers Saratoga and Lunga Point.
February 20, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—February 20, 1945: US secures Bataan Peninsula on Luzon in the Philippines.
February 19, 2010
Lessons from the 1940s Woman
Rosie the Riveter is the icon of World War II women - strong but feminine. She's got biceps, but she curls her hair and does her nails. She can do a man's work, and don't you dare tell her she can't. She is woman; hear her riveting gun. Today I'm starting a series of posts on lessons we can learn from the women of the 1940s. The World War II time period was a pivotal time for women, a hinge between the traditional home-based women's role and the modern career-based role. Wartime posters...
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—February 19, 1945: US Marines invade Iwo Jima and establish beachhead despite heavy casualties.
February 18, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—February 18, 1940: Chinese forces drive Japanese out of Nanning, China.
February 17, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—February 17, 1940: Movie Of Mice and Men premieres, starring Burgess Meredith.
65 Years Ago—February 17, 1945: For the second day in a row, Navy carriers of US Fifth Fleet hit Tokyo.
65 Years Ago—February 17, 1945: For the second day in a row, Navy carriers of US Fifth Fleet hit Tokyo.
February 16, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—February 16, 1940: British board German ship Altmark in a Norwegian fjord, freeing 299 British naval prisoners of war.
65 Years Ago—February 16, 1945: US paratroopers land on the island fortress of Corregidor in the Philippines.
65 Years Ago—February 16, 1945: US paratroopers land on the island fortress of Corregidor in the Philippines.
February 15, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—February 15, 1945: Soviets surround Breslau in eastern Germany after most of civilian population was forcibly evacuated, many to die in severe winter weather.
