Remembering History by day WW2

6-9-1941 Yellow Star of David badges become compulsory for Jews in Nazi Germany.

8-9-1943 Italy surrenders.

8-9-1944 The first V2 rockets fall on Britain.

[Gerry Chester]

A follow up to Kitty's post:

Of interest to the Sea Dogs, here's information on the surrender of the Italian fleet which took place 8-10 September:
Order of Battle - Surrender of the Italian Fleet to the Allies - 8-10 September 1943

Cheers, Gerry

[Cpl Rootes]

8/9/06:
1941: Siege of Leningrad begins

Nazi Germany's siege of Leningrad begins with the encirclement of the Soviet city on September 8, 1941. It lasted slightly less than 900 days. As food and fuel ran out, some citizens were forced to subsist on bread made with sawdust while others worked through the winter in makeshift military factories without heat. Although many perished from starvation, bombings, and the bitter cold, the citizens’ determined resistance held the German troops at bay and helped turn the tide of World War II. In January 1944, a Soviet offensive drove the Germans from the city's outskirts and the siege was lifted. An estimated 650,000 residents of Leningrad had perished. The Soviet government awarded the Order of Lenin to the people of Leningrad in 1945, paying tribute to their endurance during the grueling siege.

10-9-1945 Vidkun Quisling, the ‘puppet Premier’ of Norway, is sentenced to death for Nazi collaboration.

[Gerry Chester]

12th September

1942: A tragic day for some 1800 Italian and Allied service familes. HMT Laconia was torpedeod by U-156. Adding to the tragedy, a US bomber attacked the U-Boat while it was to attempting to rescue survivors. Consequently, Doenitz ordered the cancellention of the rescue attempt and forbade any such attempts in the future.

1943: Led by Colonel Otto Skorzeny, German airborne troops rescue Mussolini being held captive on Gran Sasso, in the Abruzzi mountains, Italy.

[Gerry Chester]

15th September

1940: Canada announced men aged between 21 and 24 are to be conscripted.

1944: Lancasters from 9 and 617 Squadrons of the RAF attack the Tirpitz - Germany's last battleship - in Altenfiord, Norway.
Units of the Soviet Army cross the Vistula and establish bridgeheads in Warsaw

15-9-1935 At the Nuremburg rally Hitler issues new decrees which relegates Jews to sub-human status and the Swastika is adopted as the nation’s official flag.

15-9-1940 The greatest number of German aircraft are shot down in one day by the RAF and Allies (approximately 150) leading to the date being adopted as Battle of Britain Day.

[Gerry Chester]

17th September

1939: HMS Courageous torpedoed by U-29 while patrolling off the coast of south-west Ireland.

1940: Having failed to gain air supremacy, Hitler stands down "Operation Sealion."

1943: The Red Army liberates Bryansk.

1944: "Operation Market Garden" begins.

17-9-1944 The British airborne invasion of Arnhem, Eindhoven and Njimegen in the Netherlands begins as part of ‘Operation Market Garden’.

17-9-1944 Blackout regulations are lifted to allow lights on buses, trains and at railway stations for the first time in five years.