Between 7 September 1940 and 21 May 1941, 16 British cities suffered aerial raids with at least 100 long tons of high explosives. Over a period of 267 days, London was attacked 71 times, Birmingham, Liverpool and Plymouth eight times, Bristol six, Glasgow five, Southampton four, Portsmouth and Hull three and a minimum of one large raid on eight other cities. This was a result of a rapid escalation… Read more »
Denazification is a term used to describe the efforts made by the Allies to remove active members of the former National Socialist (Nazi) Party from official public office and influential positions in Germany after World War II. At the Yalta Conference, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premiere Joseph Stalin proclaimed their desire to wipe… Read more »
The first German serviceman killed in the war was killed by the Japanese (China, 1937) The first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians (Finland 1940). 80% of Soviet males born in 1923 didn’t survive World War 2 The highest ranking American killed was Lieutenant General Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air… Read more »
Günther Blumentritt was born in Munich, Germany on 2nd February, 1892. He joined the German Army and during the First World War he served on the Eastern Front in Russia. Blumentritt and his close friend Erich von Manstein served under Wilhelm Leeb during the 1930s. During the invasion of Poland in September 1939, he served as chief of operation under General Gerdt von Rundstedt. He also… Read more »
The 1941 February Strike, also known as ‘The Strike of February 1941’, was a general strike organized during World War II in the Netherlands against the anti-Jewish measures and activities of the Nazis. Its direct causes were the pogroms held by the Germans in the Jewish neighborhood of Amsterdam. The strike started on 25 February and was largely struck down the next day. It was the first direct… Read more »