Donster Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 LIFE Magazine Hollywood Pinups - February 1943... 1939: Germany occupies Bohemia and Moravia, Czechoslovakia. 1941: Roosevelt broadcasts to the nation announcing the end of compromise with tyranny. YANK Magazine RKO Pictures Starlets 1941: The British 'Northern Force' having concentrated the 4th and 5th Indian Divisions begin their offensive for Italian fortress of Keren in Eritrea. 1942: U-503 is sunk near the Grand Banks, off Newfoundland, by another aircraft from the US squadron, VP-82. Elizabeth Daily 1943: Germans re-capture Kharkov. 1944: The heaviest RAF raid of war is made against Stuttgart, with 3,000 tons dropped from 863 bombers, for the loss of only 36 planes. Betty Reid 1944: The allies pound Cassino, dropping 1,250 tons of bombs dropped and firing 195,969 in 7 and a half hours, but the troops make slow headway. 1944: The Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front breaks through German defenses and reaches the Bug river, the starting point in 1941 for Operation 'Barbarossa'. Helen O'Hara 1944: The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division lands on Manus in the Admiralty Islands. 1944: The Japanese begin crossing the Chindwin for an advance against Kohima. Elaine Shepard 1945: Attacks by troops of the US First Army to expand the Remagen bridgehead further, meet with little success. 1945: The Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front begins an offensive in the Ratibor area of Upper Silesia. Carole Claire 1945: U.S. troops report slow progress on Luzon in the Philippines. *1935: Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda bans four Berlin newspapers. **1949: Almost four years after the end of World War II, clothes rationing in Great Britain ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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