# WWII
This Day In History: Erwin Rommel Commits Suicide on Hitler’s Orders (1944)
On this day in 1944, the great German General Erwin Rommel, known as the 'Desert Fox' commits suicide. He had…
This Day In History: The Draft Is Introduced In The USA (1940)
On this day in history in 1940, the Burke-Wadsworth Act is passed by Congress. The Act receives bi-partisan support and…
This Day In History: The Allies Land At Salerno and Tarranto in WW II
On this day in 1943, the allies landed on mainland Italy, they successfully established beachheads at Taranto and Salerno. They…
This Day In History: Report That Italian Resistance To Hitler Was Spreading (1944)
On this day in history in 1944, Allied intelligence receives information that, the Italian Resistance was expanding its activities in…
This Day In History: The Allies Raided Dieppe (1942)
This day in history the Allies raided the French port of Dieppe in 1942. The port on the northern coast…
This Day In History: Carlson’s Raiders Raided Makin Island (1942)
On this day in history in 1942, Lt Colonel Carlson and a force of Marine raiders landed on Makin Island,…
Top 10 World War II Bombers – Converting entire Cities into Ruins
The idea of having a maneuverable, flying body had been around for centuries, that was put into a well-versed design…
This Day In History: The Atomic Bomb Was Dropped on Nagasaki (1945)
This day in history in 1945, America dropped a second atom bomb on Japan. It was dropped on the city…
This Day In History: The Americans Bomb Rome (1943)
On this day in History, the Americans bombed Rome. The USAAF heavily bombs railway yards and other logistics targets in…
8 Treacherous Ways In Which Spain’s Francisco Franco Supported The Axis Powers In The Second World War
Generalissmo Francisco Franco ruled over Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975 maintaining absolute control over his people throughout…