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This Day in WWII 13 January 1941 - 1945


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listerineadjan1943.jpg Listerine Ad - January 1943

1941: The Luftwaffe launches a heavy attack against Plymouth.

1941: Hitler demands that Bulgaria joins the Tripartite pact, but the Bulgarians play for time.

arcade_card_04.jpg WWII Post Card

1942: Germans begin a U-boat offensive along east coast of USA.

1942: The allied conference in London pledges to punish axis war criminals after victory.

1942: A Japanese attack just to the east of Mount Natib, begins to pose a threat to the left flank of the US-Filipino 2nd Corps.

bendixaddec1942.jpg Bendix Ad - December 1942

1943: The call-up for single girls in Britain is lowered to 19.

1943: General Leclerc's Free French forces merge with the British under Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery in Libya.

JeanneCrain.jpg Jeanne Crain

1944: Plants are destroyed and 64 U.S. aircraft are lost in an air attack in Germany.

1944: The Chinese strengthen their position in the Hukawng Valley in northern Burma.

mariewilson1.jpg Marie Wilson

1945: The Jørstad Bridge is blown up by the Norwegian resistance, killing 70 Germans.

1945: The U.S. First Army attack the Germans between Stavelot and Malmady.

1945: German forces of Army Group E complete their withdrawal from Greece and Albania.

mariewilsoncolor.jpg Marie Wilson

1945: Zhukov's 1st Belorussian Front begins an offensive toward Pillkallen in East Prussia, against which their is stiff resistance from the Third Panzer Army.

1945: The British make further gains in central Burma and are now only 30 miles from Mandalay.

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Sorry Red.

Is it just me, or does anybody else see the gayness in the Listerine Ad? gaypride.gif

Nope, not just you, Donnie! Look at the placing of the fingers on the railing, and the coy look the Flagman's giving the sailor. Or are we being too sensitized to this kind of thing? The next flag message'll probably be something like "He's going to bring Lawrence instead!"

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