WW11 Almanac

Reply #50

eddessaknight — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 22:06:49 GMT

WW11 Time LIne: August 15th, 1944 -FRANCE

During war Allied Forces landed in Southern France on Normandy Beach, spearheading General Dwight D. Eisenhower's CRUSADE IN EROPE campaign to free Europe from Nazi occupation

Reply #49

eddessaknight — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 01:37:27 GMT

WW!! END

Reply #48

eddessaknight — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 01:08:40 GMT

WW!! Time Line: August 14th 1945

President Harry Truman announced that Imperial Japan's Emperor had surrounded unconditionally, thus officially ending WW11

Americans Happily Celebrating end of war announcement in Iconic kissing photo in famous Times Square, New York

Reply #47

eddessaknight — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:57:47 GMT

WW11 August 10th,1945

A day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki City, Imperial Japan conveyed it's willingness to surrender provided the Deity status of Imperial Emperor Hirohito

remained unchanged.

The Allies responded the next day saing they would determine the Emperor future status

Emperor Showa, commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name Hirohito, was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his w... [ More ]

Reply #46

eddessaknight — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 20:29:18 GMT

WW11 Time Line: August 7th,1942

USA and with allied forces landed at pivota Guadacanal in the South Pacific Theater, under General McArthur''s command , marking the pivotal start of the first offensive in the South Pacific during WW11 ; after Imprial Japanese defeat they abandoned the Island in February, 1943

Reply #45

eddessaknight — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:02:07 GMT

Date Line: July 28th 1914

WW 1 Great War To End All Wars began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, exactly one month after Franz Ferdinand's assassination, .

Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire[a] or the Dual Monarchy, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe[b] between 1867 and 1918.[7][8] It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War and was dissolved shortly after its... [ More ]

Reply #44

eddessaknight — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 22:10:00 GMT

Is the WW 11 Japanese Ramree Island Crocodile Massacre a Myth?

In early 1945, as part of the Pacific War during World War II, Allied forces pinned down 1,000 Japanese soldiers in a mangrove swamp off the coast of Burma (now Myanmar). Only 20 of the Japanese fighters made it out alive. The rest were reportedly eaten alive by hordes of prehistoric-looking saltwater crocodiles. According to one Allied commander:

That night was the most horrible that any member of the M. L. [motor launch] cre... [ More ]

Reply #43

eddessaknight — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 07:56:06 GMT

Time Line: July 20th, WW11 1944

Operation Valkyrie the July Plot to Kill Hitler Failed 6 Times

https://time.com/5629999/operation-valkyrie-july-plot

The plan was known as Operation Valkyrie by rebellious ranking officials.The idea was that, once Hitler was dead, the military would claim that the assassination was part of an attempted coup

Nota Bene;

Had the plan succeeded, highly probable WAR would end sooner saving many military and civilian lives.

PS:

EVIL IS VERY POWERF... [ More ]

Reply #42

Harve$t Moon — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 17:01:14 GMT

WW11 Almanac

Game: Powerball (USA)

Method 1: 38-41-44-66-68, Powerball: 22

Method 2: 03-05-17-49-67, Powerball: 26

Method 3: 11-31-50-56-65, Powerball: 14

Method 4: 14-28-43-45-68, Powerball: 09

Method 5: 25-26-29-37-50, Powerball: 12

Game: Mega Millions (USA)

Method 1: 04-07-32-40-60, Mega Ball: 13

Method 2: 10-14-30-31-62, Mega Ball: 23

Method 3: 06-18-43-53-61, Mega Ball: 23

Method 4: 10-25-33-46-51, Mega Ball: 19

Method 5: 15-28-49-51-61, Mega Ball

Reply #41

eddessaknight — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 22:34:30 GMT

WW11 july 18th, 1844 - Tokyo, Japan

Imperial Hideki Tojo, was removed as Japanese Premier and War Minister was removed because of setbacks suffered in WW11

he native form of this personal name is Tojo Hideki. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Hideki Tojo

Prime Minister of Japan

In office

October 18, 1941 July 22, 1944

Monarch Showa

Preceded by Fumimaro Konoe

Succeeded by Kuniaki Koiso

Minister o... [ More ]

Reply #40

eddessaknight — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 17:11:49 GMT

Time Lne: WW11 July, 1944 - Nazi Invade FRANCE Fights Back

The French Resistance Took Many Forms During WWII

A French resistant trains young volunteers in the alps of southern France in October 1944.

In 1940, it may have seemed that all was lost for France. Paris was under control of the Nazis, much of the country had been occupied and the Allies had suffered a heroic failure at Dunkirk. Addressing the citizens of France from London June 18, 1940, Gen. Charles de Gaulle... [ More ]

Reply #39

eddessaknight — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 19:45:21 GMT

Time Line: WW11 June 10th, 1940

The ferocious battle of Brittan began as the Nazi Herman Goring Luftwaffe started attacking Southern England.The brave Royal Air force in in Hawker Spitfires including American,Polish and Canadian fliers was ultimately victorious

EXTRA:

The Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England (German: die Luftschlacht um England), was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA... [ More ]

Reply #38

eddessaknight — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 03:48:42 GMT

Time Line: WW11 -July 9th, 1944 - SAIPAN

American forces secured SAIPAN, after strong resistance, as the last Imperial Japanese defence fell to General Douglas Mcarthur's sucessful

'Island Hoping campaign'

Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur meeting for the

rarehistoricalphotos.com/hirohito-macarthur-1945

Reply #37

eddessaknight — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 22:23:05 GMT

TUNing INTO THE Kind Attitude OF GRATITUDE Blackapple

Reply #36

Blackapple — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 02:34:32 GMT

eddessaknight

Thank you,Love your inspiring thoughful postings

Reply #35

eddessaknight — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 21:24:11 GMT

Thank you,Blackapple for your interest and contribution to the USA's Honor Role.

Agreed, it's also particularly tragic when so many good men have been lost in many conflicts via friendly fire.:-(

R.I.P.

happy 4th Wishes to you w/ family all served our Nation

Eddessa_Knight with Blessed LIGHT

Nota Bene:

KNOW THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS YOUR BACK, AND TRUST IN DIVINE TIMING.

Reply #34

Blackapple — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:16:55 GMT

WASHINGTON U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick survived deployment on foreign soil when he served in the Air National Guard.

He would lose his life at the hands of his own countrymen in a violent siege of the Capitol on January 6.

Law enforcement members and congressional leaders paid tribute on Wednesday to the officer that colleagues and family described as a patriot and a dedicated servant of the people.

To the heroism of Officer Sicknick, God shared his grace on us,

Reply #33

eddessaknight — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:19:40 GMT

Time Line: WW11 Honored Veteran passes June 30th, 2022

Last recipient of Medal of Honor(Battle of Iwo Jima)dies @ 98 Woody Williams, surrounded by loving family

Today, America lost not just a valiant Marine and a Heroic Medal of Honor recipient but an important to our Nation's fight against tyranny in the Second World War.

~ Mr. Floyd Austin, U.S.Defence Secretary

Reply #32

eddessaknight — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 22:11:49 GMT

June 27-Manila, Philippines, Sea Saga

WW11

Navy destroyer is located 22,916 feet down

A U.S.Navy destroyer(a.k.a Tin Can) that fiercely engaged a superior Imperial Japanese in the largest Sea Battle of WW11 in the Philippines (Midway) has become the deepest wreck to be discovered according to explorers.

The USS Samuel B Roberts popularly known as Sammy B' was identified on Wednesday broken into two pieces on a slope at a depth of 22,016 feet _____deeper than the USS Johnston als... [ More ]

Reply #31

eddessaknight — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 22:03:42 GMT

US ARMY CALVARY- June 25th 1876

Lt. Col George A. Custer, Civil WAR Tragedy HERO, while leading a undermanned limited Regiment and his men never stood a fighting chance. Under skies darkened by smoke, gunfire and flying arrows, 210 men of the U.S. Army s 7th Cavalry Unit led by Lt. Colonel George Custer courageously confronted thousands of wild Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors on June 25, 1876, near the Little Big Horn River in present-day Montana.

Col.Custer His 7th Cav @ Last

Reply #30

eddessaknight — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:49:22 GMT

Okinawa Pacific Island marks 77 years since pivotal and bloody WW11Victory battle that left 200,000 dead

R.I.P.

Now many Okinawans are worried about the growing deployment of Japanese missile defence and amphibious capabilities on outer islands

Reply #29

eddessaknight — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 01:06:20 GMT

June, 22nd, 1945 WW11

Battle of Okinawa finally ends with Allied Victory after many of the brave died......

R.I.P.

Reply #28

eddessaknight — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 21:45:19 GMT

June 22nd, 1941 WW11 - w/Barbarosa pictures

Nazi Germany under Hitler, Launched operation 'Barbarosa' invasion, of one time Stalin ally, communist Soviet Union .

Reply #27

eddessaknight — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 21:03:17 GMT

WW11 - June 22nd.1940

Furer Adolf Hitler gained a surprising and stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice only eight days after German forces over ran PARIS.

Reply #26

eddessaknight — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 19:48:35 GMT

June 18th, 1940 WW11

WW11 British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill

WC enthusiastically urged countrymen to bravely conduct themselves in a manner that would promt furure generations to say:

'This was their finest hour.

Reply #25

eddessaknight — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 01:40:22 GMT

Date Line: June 15th 1944 - Pacific Theater: Saipan

Major American forces advance began their historic invasion of Asia heavily defended by Imperial Japanese Army occupying causing 55,000 lives on Saipan

Reply #24

eddessaknight — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:52:57 GMT

June 14th, 1940 WW11Paris w/Picture

German SS troops entered PARIS, the same day, the Nazis began the transporting prisoners to the insufferable Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi occupied and ravished Poland

Reply #23

eddessaknight — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 02:48:09 GMT

WWII veterans honored in France a day before D-Day anniversary

More than 20 British World War II veterans gathered Sunday near Pegasus Bridge in northwestern France,

Reply #22

eddessaknight — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:14:40 GMT

ww11 D -Day June 6th, 1944 Operation Ovrerlord

Valiant Allied forces spear headed by American troops began with a large-scale parachute drop that included 13,100 soldiers of the 82nd and the 101st Airborne Divisions.swarmed the beaches of Normandy, France. Launching a 'Crusade in Europe' and liberation of Nazi occupied Western Europe

R.I.P. Our Liberating Heroes: The Forgotten MEN :-(

General Dwight D. Eisenhower Chief of Staff

Reply #21

eddessaknight — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 23:18:01 GMT

Post Facto;

British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill said of the Dunkirk Evacuation:

We will fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the streets,

we shall fight in hills, we s hall never surrender.

Rule Britannia, Britannia Rule the Waves

Reply #20

eddessaknight — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 19:50:53 GMT

WW11 May 1940

The Allied military Dunkirk evacuation of 338,000 troops, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during the Second World War from thebeaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The operation commenced after large numbers of Belgian, British, and French troops were cut off and surrounded by German troops during the six-week Battle of France. In a speech... [ More ]

Reply #19

eddessaknight — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 00:26:59 GMT

May 4th, 1942-W11

BATTLE OF MIDWAY BEGAN resulting in a deceive AMERICAN Victory OVER Imperial Japan's ambitious expansion and marking the turning point of the war in the raging Pacific Theater....

The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4 7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher, and Raymo... [ More ]

Reply #18

eddessaknight — Sun, 29 May 2022 00:33:34 GMT

In Memorial Day Remberance WW1

World War I or the First World War, often abbreviated as WWI, began on 28 July 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918. Referred to by contemporaries as the Great War , its belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Turkish Ottoman Empire, with fighting also expanding into the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Asia. One of the deadliest conflicts in history, an est

9 million men were killed in combat, while over 5... [ More ]

Reply #17

eddessaknight — Sat, 28 May 2022 23:42:09 GMT

Appreciate the extra factoid input on Gen.Pershing, CARBOB, your positive contributing interest is always welcomed.

Best Wishes

Eddessa_Knight with History LIGHT

Reply #16

CARBOB — Sat, 28 May 2022 22:52:27 GMT

There many places named after him.In Cheyenne, Wy, a street I am very familiar with(lived there 6 years), named after him, Pershing Ave, even though he never lived there

Reply #15

eddessaknight — Sat, 28 May 2022 22:35:41 GMT

May 28th, 1918 WW1

American liberating troops from New York infantry Regiment under General 'Black Jack' Pershing, fought their first major battle during WW1 as they launched a courageous offensive against the entrenched German held French village of Cantgny; Americans succeeded in capturing and freeing the village.

Hero General 'Black Jack' Pershing

Reply #14

eddessaknight — Fri, 27 May 2022 22:20:10 GMT

WW11 May27,1941

The British Royal Navy pursued and sank the infamous but prized battleship 'Bismarck' off Brest French coast causing the loss of some, 2,000 male lives.

Reply #13

eddessaknight — Thu, 26 May 2022 20:16:15 GMT

1940 - OPERATION DYNAMO

The heroic and life saving evacuation of some 339,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France began during the war.

Reply #12

eddessaknight — Thu, 19 May 2022 21:07:50 GMT

WW11 May 19th, 1843

In his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill pledged his country's full support in the fight against Imperial Japan: that evening Churchill met with President Franklin D. Roosevelt at th White House where the two allied leaders initially agreed on May 1st, 1944 the date for the massive allied invasion of France the operation ended up being launched more than a month later (Crusade In Europe).

Reply #11

eddessaknight — Tue, 17 May 2022 21:33:18 GMT

May 17th, 1973 Persian Gulf Attack

37 American sailors were killed by an unprovoked Iraqi Muslim warplane, without warning, attacked the US frigate 'Stark' in the international Persian Gulf shipping lanes. :-(

R.I.P.

Eddessa_Knight w/Liberty LIGHT

Reply #10

eddessaknight — Sat, 14 May 2022 23:18:56 GMT

WW11 May 14th. 1940

The Netherlands were forced to surrender to overwhelming Nazi forces

Reply #9

eddessaknight — Fri, 13 May 2022 21:32:00 GMT

May 23rd, 1940 WW11

In his first speech as prime minister, Winston Churchill told Parliament:

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA was a British statesman, soldier and writer. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, duringWW11

Reply #8

eddessaknight — Fri, 13 May 2022 00:00:37 GMT

1943 WW11

On May 12th,1943 the Axis forces in North Africa, led by Nazi Germany, surrendered to the Allies.

Reply #7

eddessaknight — Wed, 11 May 2022 04:16:05 GMT

FYI:

Harry S. Truman was a Scottish Masonic 33 Degree Worshshipable Grand

Reply #6

eddessaknight — Wed, 11 May 2022 02:56:46 GMT

May 10th, 1940

During WW11 Nazi forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg,Belgium and France.

The same day British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned and Sir Winston Churchill formed a new push back conservative government.

Reply #5

eddessaknight — Mon, 09 May 2022 02:00:56 GMT

May 8th, 1945

President Harry, S. Truman announced on radio broadcast that the Nazi Germany forces had surrendered and that the flags of freedom fly all over Europe.

Reply #4

eddessaknight — Sat, 07 May 2022 21:05:43 GMT

In 1915 Pre WW1 Sea Saga Tragedy w/Picture

A German u-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania under the waves off the Southern coast of Ireland killing a massive innocent 1198 people

including 128 American victims out of nearly 2000 on board :-(

R.I.P

Reply #3

eddessaknight — Fri, 06 May 2022 19:53:11 GMT

May 6 1942 WW11

Some 15,000 overwhelmed Allied American and Philippine troops on Corregidor Island finally surrendered to horredous Japanese forces who showed no regard tg the international Geneva Convention rules.

Reply #2

eddessaknight — Thu, 05 May 2022 22:15:10 GMT

Imperial Japan Attacks Again, this time US Mainland

In 1945

Only fatal attack of it'd kind during WW11 Japanese balloon bomb exploded on non military site Gearhart Mountain in Oregon killing civilian pregnant wife of a Minister and five innocent children :-(

Ri.P.

Other balloon bombings failed....

Nota Bene:

In post war, abundant Japan time, no reparation efforts were afforded to these non-combatants

Reply #1

eddessaknight — Mon, 02 May 2022 00:42:34 GMT

April 29, 1945

During WW11 American solders, Led by General Eisenhower during the war liberated the ghastly Dachau concentration camp.

Nota Bene:

Gen Ike ( Crusade In Europe ) insisted that actual photography motion pictures would record realistic Holocuast conditions, so as to refute future denial of the horror. He also compelled local resident to visit the camp for a personal eye witness that was occurring in their own back yards.

PS:

Taking these denial actions would prevent an... [ More ]

WW11 Almanac

eddessaknight — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 05:04:53 GMT

taly's Fcist Bontio Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petraci were killed by Italian communist partisans in Milan a they attempted to flee the country.