Today In World War II
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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Episodes
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Today In World Two - January 6 - Finnish ace shoots down 7 Soviet bombers in one day; Free French capture an Italian airfield; the combined Joint Chiefs Of Staff are formed; TF-58 is formed; the Red Army reaches the pre-war Polish border; Doolittle tells his subordinates to go after German fighters; Finland lifts ban on public dancing Enjoy
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Today In World Two - January 8- British government introduces food rationing; Bombers from Malta damage an Italian battleship; the Japanese edge ever closer to Singapore; Germans suspend all convoys to Rommel; Soviet sniper, Rosa Shanina, goes back to the front. Enjoy!
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Today In World Two - January 8- British government introduces food rationing; Bombers from Malta damage an Italian battleship; the Japanese edge ever closer to Singapore; Germans suspend all convoys to Rommel; Soviet sniper, Rosa Shanina, goes back to the front. Enjoy!
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Today In World Two - January 8- British government introduces food rationing; Bombers from Malta damage an Italian battleship; the Japanese edge ever closer to Singapore; Germans suspend all convoys to Rommel; Soviet sniper, Rosa Shanina, goes back to the front. Enjoy!
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
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!
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Today In World Two - January 10 - German invasion plans fall into Belgian hands; German Stuka dive bombers almost sink British aircraft carrier; Brits are forced to retreat closer to Singapore; largest loss of life in US submarine history; Finns force Germans out of Northern Finland Enjoy!
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Today In World Two - January 11 - Finns pin down another Soviet division; Stuka's sink HMS Southampton; Dutch destroy 700 oil wells; Japanese troops enter Kuala Lumpur; FDR flies to Morocco; US carriers devastate Indochina; Brits capture a town near Bastogne Enjoy!
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
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 with 2 million men. Enjoy!
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
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 army abandons Greece & Albania. Enjoy!
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
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!