Today in World War II History—Oct. 22, 1940 & 1945

This Is the Army movie premiere at Warner’s Earle Theater in Washington, D.C., on August 12, 1943. (US National Archives)

This Is the Army movie premiere at Warner’s Earle Theater in Washington, D.C., on August 12, 1943. (US National Archives)


75 Years Ago—Oct. 22, 1940: Germans force 29,000 Jews from the Saar, Baden, and Alsace-Lorraine to camps in southern France.


70 Years Ago—Oct. 22, 1945: In Hawaii, final performance of Irving Berlin’s This Is the Army; Berlin donated all proceeds to the Army Emergency Relief Fund.

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Published on October 22, 2015 01:00
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