Video: 'PETE BEST - WAS HE KICKED OUT OF THE BEATLES?'
(Monday, November 24, 1941) — English musician Pete Best, known as the drummer of the English rock band the Beatles immediately before the band achieved worldwide fame, was born Randolph Peter Scanland today in Madras, then part of British India. Continue reading Former Beatles drummer Pete Best born in Madras, British India 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 24 1941)
Video: 'Road To Life: How Leningrad Held Out Against The Odds | WWII In Numbers | War Stories'
(Saturday, November 22, 1941; during the Siege of Leningrad, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — The Road of Life, an ice road supply route built on top of Lake Ladoga’s frozen surface that saved over a million lives in the besieged city of Leningrad during World War II, began to operate as a convoy of 60 trucks with 33 tons of flour under Major V. A. Porchunov arrived tonight on the western shore. Continue reading ‘Road of Life’ ice route across Lake Ladoga to besieged Leningrad opens 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 22 1941)
Video: '117 - Surprise Attack On Rommel! - Operation Crusader Begins - WW2 - November 21, 1941' (Nov. 18, 1941, at 5:51)
(Tuesday, November 18, 1941, at around 6:00 a.m. Central European Time; during Operation Crusader, part of the Western Desert Campaign in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II) — The British Eighth Army (with Commonwealth, Indian and Allied contingents), commanded by General Alan Cunningham, launched a surprise attack today against the Axis forces (German and Italian) in North Africa commanded by Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel. Continue reading Operation Crusader begins as British launch offensive to relieve Tobruk, Libya 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 18 1941)
Video: 'War Comes to America, 8/8: America Attacked' (Nov. 17, 1941, at 3:02)
(Monday, November 17, 1941, 11:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m. EST; 20 days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor) — Conferences that may decide whether there will be peace or war in the Far East opened today when U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt received Saburo Kurusu, special Japanese envoy, for an hour at the White House. Continue reading FDR confers with Japanese diplomats in attempt to avert war 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 17 1941)
Video: '1941 October Revolution Parade [HD Color]'
(Friday, November 7, 1941, 8:00 a.m. Moscow Standard Time; during World War II) — With German forces within 45 miles of the Soviet capital in the the Battle of Moscow, the 1941 October Revolution Parade — featuring a rare public appearance by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin — took place today on the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution. Continue reading ‘Death to the German invaders!’: Stalin rallies Soviet soldiers as Nazis close in on Moscow 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 7 1941)
Video: 'The Making of Mount Rushmore'
(Friday, October 31, 1941) — Work was completed today on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota. Continue reading Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota completed 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 31 1941)
Video: 'The World at War: On Our Way: U.S.A. - 1939-1942 (7 of 26)' (Oct. 31, 1941, at 15:00)'
(Friday, October 31, 1941, about 5:34 a.m. local time; 37 days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor) — While escorting Allied convoy HX 156 in the North Atlantic, the American destroyer USS Reuben James was sunk by the German submarine U-552 commanded by Kapitänleutnant Erich Topp this morning in the North Atlantic near Iceland, with the loss of 100 of 144 crew. Continue reading 100 Americans killed as Germans torpedo USS Reuben James in North Atlantic 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 31 1941)
Video: 'Shooting Has Started, Says Roosevelt! Aka Roosevelt "Speech" The Shooting Has Started (1941)'
(Monday, October 27, 1941, 10;00 p.m. EST; during World War II, 41 days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor)— Ten days after a German U-boat torpedoed an American destroyer, the USS Kearney, while on patrol in the North Atlantic near U.S.-occupied Iceland, killing 11 American sailors, President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the nation and the world tonight “the shooting has started.” Continue reading U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt declares ‘the shooting has started’ 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1941)
Video: 'Cranking This War Up to Eleven - Hideki Tojo - WW2 Biography Special'
(Saturday, October 18, 1941, afternoon Japanese Standard Time; during World War II, 50 days before the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor) — Lieutenant General Hideki Tojo formed and swore in a new Japanese Cabinet today, with himself as Premier, War Minister and Home Minister, replacing Fumimaro Konoye as prime minister, pledging to pursue a strong foreign policy. Continue reading General Hideki Tojo forms cabinet in Tokyo, prepares for war with U.S. 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 18 1941)
Video: '1941 German Torpedo Hits USS Kearney World War Two'
(Friday, October 17, 1941, 1:00 a.m. Icelandic Standard Summer Time; during the Kearny incident) — American destroyer USS Kearny (DD 432), dispatched to defend Allied convoy SC 48 from a German wolfpack, was torpedoed today on her starboard side by the German submarine U-568 while on patrol about 350 miles south and west of Iceland, but did not sink. Continue reading German U-boat torpedoes USS Kearny, killing 11 Americans 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #ODT (Oct 17 1941)
