TODAY DURING WWII - August 14 1937 – Chinese Air Force Day: The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers are shot down by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases. 1940 – Battle of Britain Day 36. Cloudy weather again frustrates German attempts to send big raids against the British airfields. 1940 – British Somaliland. British hold off Italian attacks at Tug Argan but the defenses are crumbling. 1941 – Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims. 1942 – Case Blue. German 6th Army and 4th Panzer Army burn forests to smoke out and annihilate remnants of Soviet 62nd Army (8 rifle divisions and 5 artillery regiments) who have been surrounded on the West bank of the Don Bend since the Germans captured Kalach 3 days ago. 1942 – Papua. Japanese harassment of Australian positions and rumours of Japanese infiltration to the rear cause Major Cameron to withdraw Australian 39th Battalion from Deniki 1943 – American Liberator bombers flew a record distance, traveling 2,500 miles from Australia to carry out the first bombing raid on the island of Borneo, striking the Japanese oil reserves at Balikpapan. 1943 – A day after the second bombing of the Italian capital, Rome was declared an open city by the Italian government, which made the announcement in a radio broadcast by Stetani, the official news agency. Marshal Pietro Badoglio, the Italian Prime Minister confirmed the decision later in the day, offering to remove the citys defenses, under the supervision of the Allies, in exchange for no further bombing. 1945 – Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:52:18 +0000
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