Sunday, October 6, 2024
Today in
World War II History
1939 - Adolf Hitler denied any intention to wage war against Britain and France in an address to Reichstag.
1944 - Former French premier and Vichy collaborator Pierre Laval tried to kill himself on the day he was to be executed for treason. A physician saved Laval from the cyanide he had taken. Laval was executed a little less than two weeks later.
1949 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $10,000 for war crimes. The conviction was for being Japanese wartime broadcaster "Tokyo Rose."
1949 - U.S. president Harry Truman signed the Mutual Defense Assistance Act. The act provided $1.3 billion in the form of military aid to NATO countries.
Random World War II Quote
"We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free." - U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Normandy, France, June 6, 1984
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