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.
Monday, 12 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1945 - In Tokyo, the Japanese government at last accepts the inevitable and surrenders to the Allies unconditionally. President Truman declares that "This is the day we've been waiting for since Pearl Harbor". Emperor Hirohito makes an emotional broadcast to the Japanese nation saying that they had to surrender to keep the country from being destroyed by "a new and most cruel bomb". The surrender is formally made to General MacArthur at a ceremony abroad the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
Thursday, 8 August 2013
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1942 - U.S. 1st Marine Division begins Operation Watchtower, the first U.S. offensive of the war, by landing on Guadalcanal, one of the Solomon Islands.
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Monday, 5 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1944 - Polish insurgents liberated a German labour camp in Warsaw. 348 Jewish prisoners were freed.
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