Showing posts with label England. Show all posts
Showing posts with label England. Show all posts
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1940 - The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has spent the last few days in a top-secret meetings with the American President, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1940 - 13th The Luftwaffe launched "Adler Tag" or "Eagle Day", the start of intended mass attacks which would knock out the RAF.
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
On This Day
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.
Monday, 10 December 2012
On This Day
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.
Saturday, 8 December 2012
On This Day
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.
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Monday, 3 December 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1943 - The RAF conducted a heavy attack against Leipzig killing 1,500 and making 40,000 homeless.
Friday, 23 November 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1943 - U.S. President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss the measures for defeating Japan.
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1945 - Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg, Germany for atrocities committed during World War II.
They were :
Martin Bormann
Karl Donitz
Hans Frank
Wilhelm Frick
Hans Fritzsche
Walther Funk
Hermann Goring
Rudolf Hess
Alfred Jodl
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
Wilhelm Keitel
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Robert Ley
Konstantin von Neurath
Franz von Papen
Erich Raeder
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Alfred Rosenberg
Fritz Sauckel
Hjalmar Schacht
Baldur von Schirach
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Albert Speer
Julius Streicher
They were :
Martin Bormann
Karl Donitz
Hans Frank
Wilhelm Frick
Hans Fritzsche
Walther Funk
Hermann Goring
Rudolf Hess
Alfred Jodl
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
Wilhelm Keitel
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Robert Ley
Konstantin von Neurath
Franz von Papen
Erich Raeder
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Alfred Rosenberg
Fritz Sauckel
Hjalmar Schacht
Baldur von Schirach
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Albert Speer
Julius Streicher
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Sunday, 18 November 2012
Saturday, 17 November 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1939 - A Luftwaffe reconnaissance plane flew over South West Lancs, Cheshire, and North Wales and another flew over Shetlands. No bombs were dropped but ant-aircraft guns were in action.
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1940 - German Luftwaffe planes destroy most of Coventry, England.
The Nazi published a large number of 32-page booklets in a series titled "War Library of the German Youth". They were intended to persuade the youth of the glories of war and often included a pitch to enlist in the military.
The RAF had bombed Munich during the festivities of 8-9 November 1940, the anniversary of the 1923 Beer Hall Putcsh.
Outraged, Hitler ordered retaliation. The Luftwaffe had formerly focused on London. Now it went after Coventry, a city in the English Midlands.
Heavy anti-aircraft fire kept the bombers high, they bombed indiscriminately. They destroyed a great deal of housing along with a 14th century cathedral.
The Nazi published a large number of 32-page booklets in a series titled "War Library of the German Youth". They were intended to persuade the youth of the glories of war and often included a pitch to enlist in the military.
The RAF had bombed Munich during the festivities of 8-9 November 1940, the anniversary of the 1923 Beer Hall Putcsh.
Outraged, Hitler ordered retaliation. The Luftwaffe had formerly focused on London. Now it went after Coventry, a city in the English Midlands.
Heavy anti-aircraft fire kept the bombers high, they bombed indiscriminately. They destroyed a great deal of housing along with a 14th century cathedral.
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1941 - The British aircraft carrier Ark Royal is sunk off Gibraltar by a U-boat.
Sunday, 11 November 2012
On This Day - Armistice Day
On This Day - 1918 - World War 1 ended on the eleventh day eleventh month and eleventh hour. Over 1 million english soldiers died during WW1. It will be remembered as "Armistice Day".
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1935 - The Prototype Hawker Hurricane made it's maiden flight. It was the first RAF monoplane with enclosed cockpit, eight guns and retractable landing gear and the first to exceed 300mph.
Monday, 29 October 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1942 - Leading British clergymen and political figures held a public meeting to register their outrage over the persecution of Jews by Nazi Germany.
Sunday, 28 October 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1922 - Benito Mussolini took control of the Italian government and introduced fascism to Italy.
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Blogging
I have only been blogging for a short while and loving it.
Thus far in the short period my stats indicate that close to a 1000 people visited my blog from South Africa, USA, Russia, Germany, UK, France, etc.
What will be interesting is who you are. Would you please give your first name and city where you from. It will really be an interesting fact. It will also give me the opportunity to look at your blog.
Many thanks
Flying Dutchman (South Africa)
Thus far in the short period my stats indicate that close to a 1000 people visited my blog from South Africa, USA, Russia, Germany, UK, France, etc.
What will be interesting is who you are. Would you please give your first name and city where you from. It will really be an interesting fact. It will also give me the opportunity to look at your blog.
Many thanks
Flying Dutchman (South Africa)
On This Day
On this day - 1942 - During WW2, the British began a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein, Egypt.
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