and Baton Rouge resident since 1969, was a ball turret gunner from late July 1944 to late February 1945, when the crew of the B-17 bomber called “Patty Jo” completed their 35th mission, earning them that rare blessing of being sent back to the United States for the rest of the war....
War criminals Sergeant Jiro Shimoda and Captain Harochi Yonemura were executed in Shanghai, China. Shimoda had plundered and raped Chinese civilians during the occupation, including several murders committed at Jianying 85 miles northwest of Shanghai on the date of the surrender. Yonemura had ordered...
26. In the summer of 1940 the German High Command drew up plans for the invasion of Britain. What was the code name for this operation? From QuizWorld War 2 Operations Answer:Operation Sea Lion This operation was abandoned as the Luftwaffe failed to gain air supremacy over England. ...
I was looking forward to the movie Dunkirk. If you know me at all, you know I’m a history nerd and World War 2 is an area of particular interest. There aren’t that many big budget WW2 movies being made these days, so of course this one had my attention. Many friends were thus ...
This is only per wikipedia so it might be wrong, but apparently Desmond Llewellyn, who played Q in so many Bond films, was in the RWF, captured 1940, and spent the rest of the war in Oflag VII-C and in Colditz. So he must have been energetic at escapes? Chris C, Nov 16, 2023...
Don’t miss out on war movie and serie releases!Argunners Magazine keeps you updated on upcoming and most anticipated war Movie, Series and Documentary releases. However we’re also compiling lists with war movies and series that were released in the years before, here’s our list for the ...
Yamamoto warned Premier Konoe Fumimaro, suicide age 54, on 16-12-1945, not to consider war with the United States: “If I am told to fight… I shall run wild for the first six months… but I have utterly no confidence for the second or third year.” He also accurately envisaged the...
Clark Gable did not intend to see action when World War II came to America. Which is not to say he ignored the war. Gable was there that day in 1940 when President Franklin Roosevelt gave his famous “Arsenal of Democracy” speech from the Oval Office. And, indeed, the first thing the...