A (hopefully) ongoing thread of historical events/tidbits that happened during WW II. Feel free to add to this thread.
03/01/44 (January 3rd, 1944)
Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down by a Zero piloted by Captain Masajiro Kawato.
A (hopefully) ongoing thread of historical events/tidbits that happened during WW II. Feel free to add to this thread.
03/01/44 (January 3rd, 1944)
Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down by a Zero piloted by Captain Masajiro Kawato.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
A (hopefully) ongoing thread of historical events/tidbits that happened during WW II. Feel free to add to this thread.
03/01/44 (January 3rd, 1944)
Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down by a Zero piloted by Captain Masajiro Kawato.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
OOoh, I like this thread. It's like one of those WWII calendars minus the price!
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03/01/41 (January 3rd, 1941)
Italian Air Force operations against the UK cease.
Jan 3, 1945
On this day, in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and mainland Japan, Gen. Douglas MacArthur is placed in command of all U.S. ground forces and Adm. Chester Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. naval forces.
Well being this thread just started I'll say that on 1 Janurary 1945, Gerhard Barkhorn scored his 300th victory during Operation Bodenplatte.
US Army Aviation: Above The Best!
Any landing you can walk away from is a good one!
Aces High
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FX_ZmCzo6k&featu
On this date in 1945 my father was in Germany with the rest of the US 95th Division. They had crossed the Saar River several weeks before, pushing the Germans out of France.
Salute to all the brave men of the Allied Expeditionary Force.
Zeus-cat
Zeus-cat
Follow this link to my campaigns at M4T including the Editor's Pick "Straight From the Farm"
http://www.mission4today.com/index.p...=search&sa=301
January 3rd, 1940, 41, 42, 43, 44, and 45:
Many combatant, non-combatant, army, navy, air force and civilian personnel from every involved nation, including some from nations not directly involved, die.
Boy o boy, have we come a long way from then!
4/1/44 (January 4th, 1944)
"Operation Carpetbagger"-American and RAF aircraft drop arms and supplies to French, Belgian and Italian partisans.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
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