Video: 'When Goebbels Signed Germany's Suicide Pact - WW2 Special'

(Thursday, February 18, 1943, broadcast by Berlin at 8:15-10:27 p.m. Central European Time; during The Holocaust, part of World War II) — 16 days after the Battle of Stalingrad ended with the surrender of Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus and the German 6th Army to the Soviets, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels called for “total war” (German: totalen Krieg) in the Sportpalast speech today at the Berlin Sportpalast to a large but carefully selected audience. Continue reading Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels calls for ‘total war’ as noose tightens around Third Reich 80 years ago this hour #OTD #OnThisDay (Feb 18 1943) →

Video: 'The TRAGIC Execution Of Sophie Scholl - The White Rose'

(Thursday, February 18, 1943, around 11:15 a.m. Central European Time; during World War II) — Hans Scholl, 24, and his sister Sophie, 21, the leaders of the German youth group Weisse Rose (White Rose) that was secretly distributing anti-Hitler literature, were captured today at the University of Munich by the Gestapo. Continue reading Nazis arrest White Rose resistance leaders Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie at University of Munich 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 18 1943) →

Video: '181 - Victory at Guadalcanal - WW2 - February 12, 1943' (Feb. 9, 1943, at 4:51)

(Tuesday, February 9, 1943, during the Guadalcanal Campaign, part of the Solomon Islands campaign of the Pacific Theater of World War II) — U.S. Army Major General Alexander Patch, realizing that the Japanese were gone, declared Guadalcanal secure for Allied forces today, ending the Guadalcanal Campaign on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific with an Allied victory over Japanese forces. Continue reading Guadalcanal Campaign ends with Allied victory over Japanese forces 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 9 1943) →

Video: '75th Remembrance - The Four Chaplains & The Sinking of the USAT Dorchester'

(Wednesday, February 3, 1943, 12:55 a.m. West Greenland Time; during World War II)  — The U.S. troop transport Dorchester, with 904 men on board, was torpedoed today 150 miles off of the coast of Greenland by the German submarine U-233. Continue reading ‘Four Chaplains’ among 674 Americans killed when transport ship torpedoed by Germans off Greenland 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 3 1943) →

Video: '180 - Guadalcanal, A New Offensive - WW2 - February 5, 1943' (Feb. 2, 1943 at 5:15)

(Tuesday, February 2, 1943, 9:20 a.m. STAT; during the Battle of Stalingrad on the Eastern Front of World War II) — The remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad — what is now known as the city of Volgograd, Russia — surrendered this morning in a major victory for the Soviets in World War II. Continue reading Remainder of Nazi forces from Battle of Stalingrad surrender in major victory for Soviets in World War II 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 2 1943) →

Video: '179B - Stalingrad: Endgame - WW2 - January 31, 1943'

(Sunday, January 31, 1943, 7:35 a.m. Moscow Standard Time; during the Battle of Stalingrad on the Eastern Front of World War II) — Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus surrendered today after Soviet forces closed in on his headquarters in the ruined GUM department store. Continue reading Germany’s top military commander at Stalingrad surrenders to Soviet forces 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1943) →

Video: 'That Shock Army that Broke the Most Brutal Siege of WW2'

(Monday, January 18, 1943, 9:30 a.m. Moscow Standard Time; during Operation Iskra, part of the Siege of Leningrad on the Eastern Front of World War II) — The Red Army of the Soviet Union today broke the German Wehrmacht’s 515-day siege of Leningrad a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) on the Eastern Front of World War II. Continue reading Soviets announce they’ve broken through long Nazi siege of Leningrad 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 18 1943) →