Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, August 3, 1944. Advances in Burma and Normandy.

Saturday, August 3, 2024

Wednesday, August 3, 1944. Advances in Burma and Normandy.

The Siege of Mytkyina in Burma ended in an Allied victory over the Japanese.

The HMS Quon was sunk off of Normandy by German aircraft and ships.

The US 1st Army captured Mortain. The 30th Infantry Division would win a Presidential Unit Citation for its defense to a German counterattack there.

The Germans blew up the bridges in Florence, Italy.

The USSR and Lebanon established diplomatic relations.

The British Education Act 1944 received Royal Assent.

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Tuesday, August 2, 1944. Murder of the Gypsies.

Labels: 1940s, 1944, Aircraft, Auschwitz, Battle of the Atlantic, boats and ships, Guam, Gypsies, Normandy, Normandy Breakout, Operation Overlord, The Holocaust, Turkey, Warsaw Uprising, World War Two

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Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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