Video: 'Japan's wartime sex slaves' fight for justice | Unreported World'

(Monday, January 13, 1992) — Three days before Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa takes his first official trip to South Korea, the government admitted today that the Japanese Army forced tens of thousands of Korean women to have sex with Japanese soldiers during World War II, and hinted that women who are still alive might receive some kind of compensation. Continue reading Japan admits forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 13 1992) →

Video: '1942 State of the Union Address'

(Tuesday, January 6, 1942, 12:30 p.m. EST, during World War II) — A breathtaking mammoth arms production, American forces fighting on many fronts and an eventual hard-hitting attack upon the enemy’s own territory were woven into a unified war plan presented today by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the annual State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress. Continue reading FDR outlines vast offensive war plan in annual State of Union Address 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1942) →

Video: 'Japanese Invasion of the Philippines 1941' (Jan. 2, 1942, at 2:18)

(Friday, January 2, 1942, Japanese imperial forces marched into Manila from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Philippine Standard Time; during the Philippines campaign (1941–1942), part of the Pacific Theater of World War II) — Japanese forces captured Manila, capital of the Philippines with its 600,000 population, the nearby Cavite naval base and Clark Field air­base today, forcing U.S. and Philippine forces under U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the United States armed forces in the Far East, to withdraw to the Bataan Peninsula. Continue reading Japanese forces capture Manila, Cavite naval base and Clark Field air­base 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 2 1942) →

Video: 'Mr Churchill Addresses Congress - SOUND'

(Friday, December 26, 1941, 12:30 p.m. EST; during the Arcadia Conference and World War II) — Winston Churchill, the first wartime Prime Minister of Great Britain ever to address the Congress of the United States, told American lawmakers today that while “we are able to beat the life out of the savage Nazi,” at least 18 months would be required to turn the tide of the war and warned that “many disappointments and unpleasant surprises await us.” Continue reading Churchill warns of dark days but holds victory is certain in unprecedented address to U.S. lawmakers 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 26 1941) →

Video: 'December 11, 1941 US Congress declares War on Germany'

(Thursday, December 11, 1941, 3:00 p.m. in Washington/10:00 p.m. in Berlin) — Nearly eight hours after Germany and Italy, Japan’s Axis partners, declared war on the United States, the U.S. responded in kind today, declaring war on Germany and Italy. Continue reading U.S. declares war on Nazi Germany, Italy 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 11 1941) →

Video: '11th December 1941: Nazi Germany declares war on the USA'

(Thursday, December 11, 1941, 2:18 p.m. in Berlin/7:18 a.m. in Washington; during World War II) — Four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and three days after the United States declaration of war against the Japanese Empire, Nazi Germany and her Axis partner, Italy, declared war on the U.S. today. Continue reading Nazi Germany, Italy declares war on USA 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 11 1941) →