Today in World War II History—October 5, 1939 & 1944

Canadian Calgary Highlanders Sniping Platoon Sergeant Harold A. Marshall posing with his Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. I rifle, Kapellen, Belgium, 6 Oct 1944 (Library and Archives Canada: 3206370)

85 Years Ago—Oct. 5, 1939: USSR forces Latvia to allow Soviet troop bases.

US Navy Hawaiian Detachment opens at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii.

T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats is published.

80 Years Ago—Oct. 5, 1944: Canadian troops cross the Belgian-Dutch border north of Antwerp.

Germany begins conscription of sixteen-year-old boys.

Germans lose 36 Linsen explosive-packed boats in a raid off the Scheldt Estuary.

French women are granted the right to vote for the first time ever.

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