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Today In World War II

Dohn Thornton

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Every day I cover what happened on that day during World War II. I put what happened in context with the causes and outcomes of the war. Every day is a piece to the overall puzzle of the war. I like to tell stories of the little things that happened, that are hardly covered in my histories about World War II.
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World War II was a pivotal moment in world history, when not only the survival of the United States was at stake, but of democracy throughout the world. Had the Allies lost WW II, fascism would have engulfed the world even as genocide would have robbed humanity of its diversity. WW II veterans live again through these short podcasts, which like the accompanying book of the same name, tell their incredible stories of valor and sacrifice. Each riveting podcast tells the story of WW II through ...
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The World War II Story

Kayleigh M Aaron

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For every history lover World War II was a major event that is filled with history from the beginning to the end. This podcast talks about all fronts, all divisions, and all branches. We even talk about the home front and how different they are in each country involved. Each year and event that took place we cover. Cover art photo provided by DAVIDCOHEN on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@dcp
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World War II Chronicles

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World War II Chronicles is a weekly look back to 'This Week in World War II, 75 Years Ago.' Originally produced in coordination with the National Archives to mark the 50th anniversary of the war, World War II Chronicles features original newsreel reports and archival footage to tell the story as it happened, week by week. Hosted by famed World War II newsreel anchor Ed Herlihy, World War II Chronicles is produced by the American Veterans Center.
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Join historian and author Jeremy C. Holm as we discover the men and history of the legendary 11th Airborne Division in World War II, Korea and beyond! In this podcast, we'll cover a wide range of topics including the division's stateside training, their campaigns to liberate Leyte and Luzon from Imperial Japan, their historic statues as the first Allied unit to land in Japan for Occupation Duty and more. No wonder US Eighth Army's General Robert L. Eichelberger said of the Angels, "No one co ...
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Arnold "Dutch" Nagel volunteered to be a paratrooper in WW 2 because of the extra $50 per month jump pay paratroopers received and the distinctive uniforms they wore. By war's end, he had participated in 4 combat jumps - Sicily, Maiori, Italy, Operation Market Garden in Holland, and on D-Day at Sainte Mere Eglise, France - and had fought in the inv…
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Today In World Two - February 24 - Nordic countries declare neutrality is the key to freedom; Neville Chamberlain says he'd still be open to negotiations with Germany; HMS Dainty is sunk off of Tobruk; USS Enterprise attacks Wake Island; USAAF & RAF attack Schweinfurt ball bearings plant; Hitler makes final speech in Reichs Chancellery Enjoy!…
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Today In World Two - February 16 - The famed Desert Rats division is formed; the German freighter Altmark is captured and boarded; the first firefight between the Afrika Korps & the Brits takes place; German U-Boats start attacking shipping in the Caribbean Sea; the Japanese massacre 100,000 Chinese in Singapore; the US devastates True harbor; US p…
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Today In World Two - February 14 - Finns withdraw from Mannerheim Line; Hitler meets with Yugoslavian PM; horrible Japanese massacre; Japanese penetrate Singapore's defenses; Rommel spanks green US troops at Kasserine Pass; SHAEF is established in England; world's first all jet fighter squadron is formed in Germany Enjoy!…
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Today In World Two - February 11 - Nazi Germany & the Soviet Union sign a major trade agreement; the Afrika Korps arrives in Tripoli; the Scharnhorst and Prince Eugen make a mad dash through the channel; Lydia Litvyak shoots down two German fighters; US launches failed counter attack at Anzio; the Yalta Conference ends with bad news for Eastern Eur…
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Today In World Two - February 10 - Soviets penetrate the Mannerheim Line at Munasuo Swamp; Churchill gives priority to Greece over North Africa; the first convoy of Afrika Korps troops head to Tripoli, Libya; British paratroopers attack an aqueduct in Italy; the Allies land in Saidor, New Guinea; the German attempt to break out of Budapest, Hungary…
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In August 1942 the US launched its first major amphibious landing of WW 2 in the Solomon Islands. The battle became a bitter war of attrition as both sides fought feverishly for months on land, sea and air for the strategically important islands. Jefferson DeBlanc became a fighter ace in just one day as he shot down six Japanese fighters before DeB…
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Today In World Two - February 6 - Finns encircle an entire Soviet division; Australians capture Benghazi; Rommel summoned to Hitler's headquarters; Nazis legalize killing of women & children; Soviets reach the Dnieper river in Ukraine; MacArthur announces the capture of Manila and freedom of 5,000 Allied POWs. Enjoy!…
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Today In World Two - February 5 - France & Britain plot to invade Norway & Sweden; First time a submarine is sunk by a Royal Navy destroyer; 7th Armoured Division cuts off retreating Italians in Libya; General Vandegrift gets Medal of Honor from FDR; USS Narwhal drops 45 tons of supplies to Filipino guerrillas; US civilians freed from Japanese capt…
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Today In World Two - February 4 - The Balkan Entente declares neutrality; the first Norwegians are sentenced to death; the Allies lose the Battle of Makassar Strait; Japanese massacre 130 Aussie POWs; Brits engineer a coup d'etat in Egypt; the British 8th army enters Tunisia; the British Pacific Fleet arrives in Australia. Enjoy!…
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Today In World Two - February 3 - First German aircraft shot down over England; Rommel named commander of Afrika Korps; Japanese bomb Port Moresby; Eisenhower names Patton to plan invasion of Sicily; Von Rundstedt orders reprisals against civilians; Allies attempt to break out of Anzio; US troops fight Japanese in Manila. Enjoy!…
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Today In World Two - February 2 -Soviets continue to pressure the Finns in Karelian; Indian troops capture Mehmet & Agordat in East Africa; General O'Connor receives permission to outflank retreating Italians; FDR issues order to inter Japanese-Americans; the Northern pocket in Stalingrad surrenders; Stalin gives Americans permission to use Soviet …
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Today In World Two - February 1 - The Soviets fire 300,000 shells at the Finns in Summa, Indian troops capture Metemma & Agordat in East Africa; US carriers strike Japanese at Gilbert Islands; Japanese troops besiege Singapore; Japanese been begin evacuation of Japanese troops at Guadalcanal; Field Marshal von Paulus surrenders in Stalingrad; US Ma…
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Today In World Two - The first U-boat of the war is sunk by an aircraft; Japanese begin the Siege of Singapore; Japanese win the Battle of Rennel Island; Germans destroy a Ranger battalion at Anzio; daring US raid frees 500 American POWs; soviet sub sinks a German passenger ship; Albert Speer tells HItler the war is over. January 30 - Enjoy!…
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Today In World Two - January 28 - Finns score a large bounty of weapons from the Soviets; RAF Ace Tuck receives the DSO; Adolf Garland gets 94 victories; British destroy convoy of Italian minesweepers; a POW escapes Colditz Castle; Kesselring counterrattacks at Anzio; US Sergeants defend their Jewish comrades. Enjoy!…
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Today In World Two - January 27 - German U-boats sink 4 merchant vessels in one day; Allies turn an attack into a fiasco off of Dutch East Indies; 8th Air Force bombs Wilhelmshaven; Soviets relieve siege of Leningrad; General Lucas sits in Anzio with his thumb up his butt; Germans evacuate Luft Stalag III; Auschwitz is liberated by the Soviets. Enj…
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Today In World Two - January 23 - British Intelligence missed capturing a master spy; Hungarian troops slaughter almost 3,000 Serbs & Jews; the British 8th Army captures Tripoli; Eisenhower approves Normandy invasion plan; a British medic wins the Victoria Cross; the Germany navy begins evacuating German troops and civilians from East Prussia. Enjo…
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Today In World Two - January 22 - The Finns announce the formation a Foreign Legion; MacArthur pulls back the Bataan defense line; Soviets evacuate civilians from Leningrad; Aussies & Yanks liberate Buna; Margaret Bourk-White flies a combat mission over Germany; 36,000 Allied troops land at Anzio; remnants of the German 4th Panzer Division flee to …
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Today In World Two - January 21 - The Soviets launch an unsuccessful attack agains Finnish troops; Japanese troops penetrated the main defense line in Bataan; the Soviets capture two cities and kill around 500,000 Germans; a German night fighting ace is shot down; the Chinese capture a city in Burma; the RAF begin using Lancaster heavy bombers to d…
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Today In World Two - January 20 - Churchill's speech about Finland sends mixed messages; Roosevelt is elected to his 3rd term; the evil Wannsee Conference takes place; a Typhoon ace scores a victory; the Luftwaffe makes its first daylight raid on London in two years; the Soviets liberate Novgorod; US troops liberate Luxembourg; Hungary is give an i…
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Today In World Two - January 17 - Polish cryptographers break Luftwaffe's codes; Soviets warn Germany to keep their dirty, rotten, stinking hands off of Bulgaria; the Brits capture 5,500 Axis prisoners; U-Boats continue to sink ships off the US East Coast; The Luftwaffe goes back to bombing London; the Battle of Monte Cassini begins; the Soviets fo…
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Today In World Two - January 17 - Polish cryptographers break Luftwaffe's codes; Soviets warn Germany to keep their dirty, rotten, stinking hands off of Bulgaria; the Brits capture 5,500 Axis prisoners; U-Boats continue to sink ships off the US East Coast; The Luftwaffe goes back to bombing London; the Battle of Monte Cassini begins; the Soviets fo…
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Today In World Two - January 16 - The American in the Philippines the last cavalry attack in US history; the Soviets capture another airfield supplying Stalingrad; an American B-17 makes a dramatic escape from German airspace; the Allies push the Germans back to pre-Battle of the Bulge lines; the Soviets move Raoul Wallenberg to Moscow. Enjoy!…
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Today In World Two - January 15 - Brits killing more people with their blackout than the enemy; RAF raids Wilhelmshaven; the Second Happy Time continues for the German U-boats; Brits use crossword puzzles to recruit cryptographers; USAAF sinks Japanese ship with 1,000 Dutch POWs; Germans make large scale arrests of Danish Resistance members; US par…
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Today In World Two - January 14 - Poles help Brits decipher German Enigma code; a German surface raider captures an entire whaling fleet w/o a shot; Japanese advance into Burma; A U-boat sinks a tanker off of Long Island; Soviet troops capture Velikiye Luki; British forces clear out the Roar Triangle area in Germany . Enjoy!…
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Today In World Two - January 13 - Belgium & Netherlands order partial mobilization; Hitler gets rebuffed by a Tsar; first ejector seat in air history is successfully used in Germany; Casablanca Conference takes place; Treasury Secretary Morgenthau excoriates the US State Department for not helping Jewish refugees; John Basilone reenlists; German ar…
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Today In World Two - January 12 - U-boat sinks 14,000 tons of fuel; Asshole US admiral forbids convoys and blackouts before German U-boat onslaught; German troops abandon Caucasus region; US 1st Marine Division arrives in Australia for some R&R; Churchill & de Gaulle meet; Task Force 38 sinks 44 ships in Indochina; Soviets launch final offensive wi…
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Today In World Two - January 9 - German minesweepers sink another British sub; an Italian sub battles repairs and killer sharks; Japanese attack American defenses on Bataan; Himmler orders the liquidation of Warsaw Ghetto; Tojo orders an idiotic offensive against India; US 6th Army invades Luzon; world's first Heimlich maneuver in China. Enjoy!…
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