Today in
World War II History
World War II History
1936 - Adolf Hitler presided over the Olympic games as they opened in Berlin.
1938 - In Germany, Jewish doctors lost their insurance under the Nuremburg Laws.
1944 - Anne Frank made her last diary entry.
1944 - In Warsaw, Poland, an uprising against Nazi occupation began. The revolt continued until October 2 when Polish forces surrendered.
| "The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that a just God would grant them mercy on this beachhead or the next. It was the deep knowledge -- and pray God we have not lost it -- that there is a profound moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest." - U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Normandy, France, June 6, 1984. |
