World War II History
1945 - General George S. Patton told reporters that he did not see the need for "this denazification thing." He compared the controversy over Nazism to a "Democrat and Republican election fight." The comments led Supreme Commander Eisenhower removing him as U.S. commander in Bavaria.
1988 - Canada's government apologized for the internment of Japanese-Canadian's during World War II. They also promised compensation.
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| "Most of the men are stricken with dysentery...Starvation is taking many lives and it is weakening our already extended lines. We are doomed." Major-General Kensaku Oda (Referring to the state of Japanese troops on Guadalcanal) - January 12, 1943 |