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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.
February 14, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—February 14, 1945: Starting late the night of the 13th, 800 RAF bombers bomb Dresden, starting a firestorm that kills at least 37,000. The bombing is continued by the US Eighth Air Force the morning of the 14th.
February 13, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—February 13, 1940: Soviets break through Finnish defenses on the Karelian Isthmus.
65 Years Ago—February 13, 1945: Soviets take Budapest, Hungary, opening the Danube Valley for the drive to Vienna; 110,000 POWs taken.
65 Years Ago—February 13, 1945: Soviets take Budapest, Hungary, opening the Danube Valley for the drive to Vienna; 110,000 POWs taken.
February 12, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—February 12, 1940: British minesweeper HMS Gleaner sinks German U-boat U-33, capturing Enigmas code machine rotors. Movie premiere of The Grapes of Wrath, starring Henry Fonda.
65 Years Ago—February 12, 1945: B-29 Superfortresses of the US 21st Bomber Command begin pre-invasion bombing of Iwo Jima.
65 Years Ago—February 12, 1945: B-29 Superfortresses of the US 21st Bomber Command begin pre-invasion bombing of Iwo Jima.
February 11, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—February 11, 1940: Soviet Union and Germany sign a treaty to exchange Soviet raw materials for German manufactured goods.
65 Years Ago—February 11, 1945: On way home from Yalta, Roosevelt meets with kings Farouk of Egypt, Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, and Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, but is unable to convince them to allow Jewish settlement in Palestine.
65 Years Ago—February 11, 1945: On way home from Yalta, Roosevelt meets with kings Farouk of Egypt, Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, and Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, but is unable to convince them to allow Jewish settlement in Palestine.
February 10, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—February 10, 1945: US Fifth Fleet makes first naval air strike on Japan.
February 9, 2010
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—February 9, 1940: Eire (now Ireland) makes law to detain IRA men without trial.
65 Years Ago—February 9, 1945: US Seventh & French Armies drive Germans over Rhine south of Strasbourg, France.
65 Years Ago—February 9, 1945: US Seventh & French Armies drive Germans over Rhine south of Strasbourg, France.
February 8, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—February 8, 1945: Canadian First Army opens drive for Rhine from Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
February 7, 2010
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—February 7, 1945: Germans blow up floodgates in Ruhr Valley, flooding area west of Cologne, Germany.
