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) →

Video: '110 - A Huge New German Offensive Begins - Operation Typhoon! - WW2 - October 3, 1941' (Oct. 2, 1941, at 1:48)

(Thursday, October 2, 1941, 5:30 a.m. Moscow Standard Time; during the Battle of Moscow, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — Having been diverted by Adolf Hitler’s order to move south to eliminate Russian forces at Kiev (which resulted in a huge triumph), German forces today resumed their advance on Moscow, largest city of the Soviet Union, with an offensive code-named Typhoon on a 370-mile sector of the Eastern Front during World War II. Continue reading Battle of Moscow begins as Germans renew drive on Russia’s largest city 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 2 1941) →

Video: 'The World at War: Barbarossa: June-December 1941 (5 of 26)' (Kiev falls @ 29:35)

(Friday, September 19, 1941; during First Battle of Kiev, part of Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front of World War II) — Kiev, a city of 850,000, third largest in the Soviet Union and next in importance to Moscow and Leningrad of the three top German objectives, fell this morning after its last strong fortications on the west bank of the Dnieper River had been smashed by violent Nazi charges. Continue reading Germans capture Kiev and take 500,000 Red Army soldiers prisoner 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 19 1941) →