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Tag: WW2

40th Anniversary of D-Day Speech by Ronald Reagan

“40th Anniversary of D-Day” Speech by Ronald Reagan, on June 6, 1984, in Pointe du Hoc, France We’re here to mark that day in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For 4 long years, much of Europe had been under a terrible shadow. Free nations had fallen,… Read More

Posted 37 years ago June 4, 1984
By Joe Hummel III

My Father, a WW2 Veteran I Barely Knew

I was only three years old when my mother and father separated and divorced, so I never knew very much about my dad except that he was a strong person with a short temper. He came to visit us a few times as I was growing up until the last time I saw him he… Read More

Posted 68 years ago June 9, 1953
By Joe Hummel III

1945 Trivia, History and Fun Facts

Posted 75 years ago December 30, 1945
By Joe Hummel III

1944 Pop Culture History, Trivia and Fun Facts

Posted 76 years ago December 30, 1944
By Joe Hummel III

1943 Pop Culture History, Trivia and Fun Facts

Posted 77 years ago December 30, 1943
By Joe Hummel III

1942 Fun Facts, Trivia and History

Posted 78 years ago December 30, 1942
By Joe Hummel III

1941 Pop Culture History, Fun Facts and Trivia

Posted 79 years ago December 30, 1941
By Joe Hummel III

Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation by Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation” by Franklin Delano Roosevelt December 8, 1941, Washington, D.C. Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval… Read More

Posted 79 years ago December 8, 1941
By Joe Hummel III

Blood, Sweat, and Tears by Winston Churchill

“Blood, Sweat, and Tears” by Winston Churchill May 13, 1940; House of Commons, London, EnglandMister Speaker, on Friday evening last I received His Majesty’s commission to form a new Administration. It was the evident wish and will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it… Read More

Posted 80 years ago May 13, 1941
By Joe Hummel III

The Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle

“The Appeal of 18 June” by Charles de Gaulle, on June 18, 1940 President Hoover, Mr. Chief Justice, my friends: This is a day of national consecration. And I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency, I will address them with a candor and a… Read More

Posted 81 years ago June 18, 1940
By Joe Hummel III

Their Finest Hour by Winston Churchill

“Their Finest Hour” by Winston Churchill, on June 18, 1940, at  House of Commons, London I spoke the other day of the colossal military disaster which occurred when the French High Command failed to withdraw the northern Armies from Belgium at the moment when they knew that the French front was decisively broken at Sedan… Read More

Posted 81 years ago June 18, 1940
By Joe Hummel III

We Shall Fight on the Beaches by Winston Churchill

We Shall Fight on the Beaches by Winston Churchill, on June 4, 1940 at The House of Commons, London From the moment that the French defenses at Sedan and on the Meuse were broken at the end of the second week of May, only a rapid retreat to Amiens and the south could have saved… Read More

Posted 81 years ago June 4, 1940
By Joe Hummel III

Mohandas Gandhi’s Letter to Adolf Hitler

Mohandas Gandhi’s Letter to Adolf Hitler July 23, 1937 Dear friend, Friends have been urging me to write to you for the sake of humanity. But I have resisted their request, because of the feeling that any letter from me would be an impertinence. Something tells me that I must not calculate and that I… Read More

Posted 84 years ago July 23, 1937
By Joe Hummel III

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