On the same day - 1944 - Fighting continues in the "Battle of the Bulge", while in the southern portion of the German attack, surrounded US troops continue to hold out against repeated German attempts to take vital road junction at Bastogne.
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
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On This Day - 1942 - Heavy fighting continues all around the perimeter of the Stalingrad Kessel, while the decimated and starving troops of the German 6th Army receive their last rations of horse meat, the 12,000 horses in the pocket having now all been slaughtered.
On the same day - 1944 - Fighting continues in the "Battle of the Bulge", while in the southern portion of the German attack, surrounded US troops continue to hold out against repeated German attempts to take vital road junction at Bastogne.
On the same day - 1944 - Fighting continues in the "Battle of the Bulge", while in the southern portion of the German attack, surrounded US troops continue to hold out against repeated German attempts to take vital road junction at Bastogne.
Monday, 24 December 2012
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On This Day - 1943 - In the Ukrane, the Red Army launches an offensive in the Kiev-Shitomir area, capturing Berdichev.
General Dwight D. Eisenhauer is appointed supreme commander of the Allied forces preparing for the invasion of Europe.
On the same day - 1944 - The German U-Boat U-486 sinks the Allied troop carrier SS Leopldville with the loss of 763 men of the US 6th Infantry Division. All the news and information on this incident was suppressed by the orders of SHAEF headquarters.
General Dwight D. Eisenhauer is appointed supreme commander of the Allied forces preparing for the invasion of Europe.
On the same day - 1944 - The German U-Boat U-486 sinks the Allied troop carrier SS Leopldville with the loss of 763 men of the US 6th Infantry Division. All the news and information on this incident was suppressed by the orders of SHAEF headquarters.
Sunday, 23 December 2012
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On This Day - 1939 - Russian troops were in retreat in Karelian Isthmus, in Petsamo region, and were also in the Salla sector, where the Finns were again in command of the Kemi River valley, an important strategic position.
Russian earoplanes bombed towns on the southern coast of Finland, and dropped leaflets over Helsinki with a message from the puppet Prime Minister.
Russian earoplanes bombed towns on the southern coast of Finland, and dropped leaflets over Helsinki with a message from the puppet Prime Minister.
Saturday, 22 December 2012
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On This Day - 1944 - The allies report that the Germans have penetrated up to 40 miles in the Ardennes. The American defenders of Bastogne receive the German surrender ultimatum which Brigadier General McAulife, answers with a single word, "Nuts" ! The U.S. 3rd Army begins an offensive to relieve Bastogne.
On the same day - 1941 - The Japanese begin their invasion of the Philippines by landing 43,000 troops of General Homma's 14th Army in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, 150 miles north of Manila.
On the same day - 1941 - The Japanese begin their invasion of the Philippines by landing 43,000 troops of General Homma's 14th Army in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, 150 miles north of Manila.
Friday, 21 December 2012
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On This Day - 1939 - Between 07h25 and 10h16, German submarine U-21 sank two neutral Swedish ships Mars and SS Carl Henckel with one torpedo each. The Geramn submarine did not pick up any survivors. Only 8 out of 36 floating in the water survived until when help arrived the next day.
On This same day, Russia celebrated Joseph Stalin's 60th official birthday. His actual birthday was 18 December 1878 but was changed to 21 December 1879 after he came to power in 1922.
On This same day, Russia celebrated Joseph Stalin's 60th official birthday. His actual birthday was 18 December 1878 but was changed to 21 December 1879 after he came to power in 1922.
Thursday, 20 December 2012
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On This Day - 1941 - The Flying Tigers, American pilots in China, enter combat against the Japanese over Kunming.
On the same day German forces of Army Group Centre retreating from Moscow reached a new defensive line, more than 100km to the west, where, following strict orders by Hitler, they are to stand and fight off any further Soviet advances.
On the same day German forces of Army Group Centre retreating from Moscow reached a new defensive line, more than 100km to the west, where, following strict orders by Hitler, they are to stand and fight off any further Soviet advances.
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
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On This Day - 1940 - Mussolini request German assistance for his hard-pressed troops in Cyrenaica in the form of a Panzer Division and various logistical support.
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
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On This Day - 1940 - Adolf Hitler signed a secret directive ordering preparations for a Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Operation "Barbarossa" was launched in June 1941.
Monday, 17 December 2012
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On This Day - 1944 - Germany counter attack in the Ardennes. The Germans mounted a series of counter-attacks on the Western front allowing them to re-cross the borders of Luxembourg and Belgium. On the second day of what now appears to be a full-scale counter offensive, the Germans attacked with tanks and aircraft along a 70-mile front guarded by American forces in the Ardennes region.
It became known as the "Battle of the Bulge"
It became known as the "Battle of the Bulge"
Sunday, 16 December 2012
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On This Day - 1942 - The Soviet army defeats the Italian troops on the River Don in the USSR.
Saturday, 15 December 2012
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On This Day - 1943 - The US Calvary Regiment (6th) army lands on the Arawe Peninsula in New Britain. The new position was 280 miles from Rabul.
Friday, 14 December 2012
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On This Day - 1944 - German occupiers forbid the use of electricity in parts of Holland.
Thursday, 13 December 2012
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On This Day - 1944 - During World War II, the U.S. cruiser Nashville was badly damaged in a Japanese kamikaze suicide attack. 138 people were killed in the attack.
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
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On This Day - 1941 - German troops do a house to house search in Paris, France looking for Jews hiding from being captured.
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
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On This Day - 1941 - Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. The U.S. in turn declared war on the two countries.
Monday, 10 December 2012
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On This Day - 1940 - Two German spies, Jose Waldberg and Carl Meier, are the first people to be executed since the start of the war. They were hung in Pentonville jail in London. The pair landed in England several weeks prior with a radio transmitter, English money and some rations. They planned to spend the nights hiding, and their days collecting information.
Sunday, 9 December 2012
Saturday, 8 December 2012
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On This Day - 1941 - The United States entered World War II when it declared war against Japan. The act came one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Britain and Canada also declared war on Japan.
Thursday, 6 December 2012
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On This Day - 1941 - Soviet Army launches a major counter-offensive around Moscow against Nazi Germany.
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
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On This Day - 1941 - US aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor.
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Monday, 3 December 2012
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On This Day - 1943 - The RAF conducted a heavy attack against Leipzig killing 1,500 and making 40,000 homeless.
Sunday, 2 December 2012
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On This Day - 1942 - Enrico Fermi directed and controlled the first nuclear chain reaction.
Saturday, 1 December 2012
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On This Day - 1944 - Edward R. Stettinius Jr. became secretary of state of the United States after the retirement of Cordell Hull.
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