Today in
World War II History
World War II History
1889 - Adolf Hitler was born.
1942 - Pierre Laval, the premier of Vichy France, in a radio broadcast, establishes a policy of "true reconciliation with Germany." 19430420
1944 - Turkey stopped exporting chrome to Germany. On August 2, Turkey ended all relations with the Nazis.
1945 - Soviet troops began their attack on Berlin.
1945 - During World War II, Allied forces took control of the German cities of Nuremberg and Stuttgart.
| "The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last drop of blood for our towns and villages...onward, to victory!" Josef Stalin - July 1941 |
