Video: 'The World At War: Occupation Holland 5/5' (Sept. 17, 1944, at 5:26)
(Sunday, September 17, 1944; during World War II) — The Dutch Government in London ordered a railway strike in support of Operation Market Garden, a plan to secure seven bridges and transport lines to the rail bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. Continue reading Dutch railway workers strike in support of Operation Market Garden 70 years ago today (Sep 17 1944)
Video: 'World War II Pacific Peleliu'
(Friday, September 15, 1944, 8:32 a.m. PWT; during the Battle of Peleliu, part of the Pacific War of World War II) — U.S. Marines landed today in the Palau Islands, launching the Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island. Continue reading Americans invade Japanese-occupied Palau Islands 70 years ago this hour (Sep 15 1944)
Video: 'Destruction in coastal northeast USA from the 1944 "Great Atlantic Hurricane" (Fi...HD Stock Footage'
(Thursday, September 14, 1944) — The 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane passed close to North Carolina and Virginia today before heading up the northeastern U.S. coast. Nearly 400 people died, most at sea.
Video: 'Bevrijding 1944 Maastricht - www.zeuk.nl'
(Thursday, September 14, 1944; during World War II) — Maastricht today became the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces. Continue reading Allies liberate first Dutch city (Maastricht) 70 years ago today (Sep 14 1944)
Video: 'Photo Op, Second Quebec Conference, Canada, 09/12/1944 (full)'
(Tuesday, September 12, 1944; during World War II) — The Second Quebec Conference, a high-level military conference, opened today with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in attendance. Continue reading FDR, Churchill attend Second Quebec Conference 70 years ago today (Sep 12 1944)
Video: 'Double Indemnity' (trailer)
(Wednesday, September 6, 1944) — Double Indemnity, a film noir about an insurance salesman who gets seduced into plotting a client’s death, opened today at the Paramount Theatre in New York City.
Directed by Billy Wilder, the film starred Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson.
(Monday, September 4, 1944; during World War II) — The British Second Army liberated Antwerp, Belgium, today with help from the local resistance. The port of Antwerp became a highly prized and heavily fought-over objective because Allied supply lines were heavily stretched and needed a deep-sea port nearer the front lines.
Video: 'The World At War: Pincers 1/5' (Sep. 3, 1944, at 9:08)
(Sunday, September 3, 1944, 2:00 p.m. CET; during the Liberation of Paris, part of Operation Overlord, World War II) — Belgium’s hidden army came into the open today to help the Allied Expeditionary Forces sweep the Germans out of the Low Countries back onto the Reich after four years of occupation. Continue reading British forces liberate Brussels 70 years ago this hour (Sep 3 1944)
Video: 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story (2001) 2/2' (Sept. 2, 1944, at 50:08-52:44)
(Saturday, September 2, 1944; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank and her family were notified today that they would be deported from Holland the following day, transferred from the transit camp Westerbork to somewhere east.
Video: 'Bush Interview with David Frost Concerning Sept. 2, 1944'
(Saturday, September 2, 1944; during the Pacific War of World War II) — Navy pilot Lt. (jg) George Herbert Walker Bush was shot down by Japanese forces today as he completed a bombing run over the Bonin Islands. Bush was rescued by the crew of the submarine USS Finback; his two crew members, however, died.
