Video: 'Tribute to the USS Bismarck Sea CVE-95'
(Wednesday, February 21, 1945, 6:45 p.m. JST; during the Battle of Iwo Jima, part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — The escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea was sunk today by Japanese kamikazes suicide attacks with the loss of 318 men.
Video: 'Battle of Iwo Jima - 1945 | Movietone Moment | 19 February 2021'
(Monday, February 19, 1945, 8:59 a.m. JST; during the Battle of Iwo Jima, part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — After three days of heavy naval and aerial bombardment, some 30,000 U.S. Marines began landing today on the Western Pacific island of Iwo Jima, where they commenced a successful month-long battle to seize control of the island from Japanese forces. Continue reading Fierce fight for Iwo Jima begins as 30,000 U.S. Marines launch pivotal World War II assault 80 years ago this hour (Feb 19 1945)
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(Friday, February 16, 1945, 8:33 a.m. PHST; during the Battle of Corregidor (1945), part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — The battle for the recapture of Corregidor began today as the first of one thousand troopers of the 503rd PRCT based at Mindoro, began dropping out of C-47 troop carriers of the US Thirteenth Air Force. Continue reading Americans land on Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II 80 years ago this hour (Feb 16 1945)
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(Wednesday, February 14, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Gross-Rosen concentration camp, a Nazi German network of Nazi concentration camps built and operated in the village of Gross-Rosen not far from the border with occupied Poland, was captured today by the Red Army. Continue reading Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Germany liberated by Red Army 80 years ago today (Feb 14 1945)
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Video: 'Dresden Bombed To Atoms: World War II (1945) | British Pathé'
(Tuesday, February 13, 1945, 10:14 p.m. CET; during the Bombing of Dresden, part of strategic bombing during World War II) — Royal Air Force bombers were dispatched to Dresden, Germany, tonight to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment. Continue reading Allied planes begin massive bombardment of Dresden, Germany 80 years ago this hour (Feb 13 1945)
Video: 'Yalta, the Twilight of the Big Three'
(Sunday, February 11, 1945, 3:45 p.m. local time; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin today signed the Yalta Agreement, in which Stalin agreed to declare war against Imperial Japan following Nazi Germany’s capitulation. Continue reading Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin sign Yalta Agreement 80 years ago this hour (Feb 11 1945)
(Saturday, February 10, 1945) — “Rum and Coca-Cola” by The Andrews Sisters (with Vic Schoen And His Orchestra) was the #1 song on today’s Billboard Best Selling Retail Records chart for eight consecutive weeks (Feb. 10/17/24, March 3/10/17/24/31, 1945).
Video: 'Yalta, the Twilight of the Big Three' (Feb. 9, 1945, at 50:23)
(Friday, February 9, 1945, 4:00 p.m. Moscow Standard Time; during World War II) — British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Premier Joseph Stalin posed for still and motion pictures today in the courtyard of Livadia Palace near Yalta in Crimea during the eight-day Yalta Conference to discuss and plan the postwar world. Continue reading Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin pose for cameras at Yalta conference 80 years ago this hour (Feb 9 1945)
Video: '4th February 1945: Yalta Conference begins, attended by Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin: the Big Three'
(Sunday, February 4, 1945, 5:10 p.m. Moscow Standard Time; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met today in the Livadia Palace near Yalta in Crimea for the eight-day Yalta Conference to discuss and plan the postwar world. Continue reading Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin convene at Yalta for pivotal wartime conference 80 years ago this hour (Feb 4 1945)
Video: '1945 Newsreel: The Yalta Conference begins' (Feb. 3, 1945, at 0:59)
(Saturday, February 3, 1945, 12:10 p.m. local time; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt landed today at Saki airfield on the west coast of the Crimea, about 20 minutes ahead of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The two men reviewed an honor guard and then continued via jeep to Livadia Palace near Yalta, USSR, where they arrived about six hours later for a week-long conference to plan the postwar world. Continue reading FDR arrives in Crimea for long jeep ride to Yalta 80 years ago this hour (Feb 3 1945)
