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bobdina
06-30-2009, 11:13 AM
Today is Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Today in
World War II History

1934 - Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the "Night of the Long Knives."

1943 - General Douglas MacArthur launched Operation Cartwheel. The purpose of the operation, which took nine months to complete, was to destroy the barrier formation that Japan had created in the Bismark Archipelago.

1955 - The U.S. began funding West Germany’s rearmament.


Random World War II Quote

"The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand."
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto - Commander in Chief of the Japanese Navy - December 7, 1941