Today in World War II History—July 1, 1940 & 1945: 85 Years Ago—July 1, 1940: Germans occupy Jersey and Guernsey in the British Channel Islands. 80 Years Ago—July 1, 1945: Australians land at Balikpapan, Borneo.US occupation forces arrive in Berlin.Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (former commander of the Tuskegee Airmen) assumes command of Godman Field, KY, the first Black officer to command a major US air base.US resumes production of cars, with the first rolling off the assembly line on August 30.
From Sarah Sundin's blog.
The Australian and Dutch (mostly Australian) landing at Balikpapan was a major one, which had been preceded by an Allied naval bombardment that lasted for days.
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The Inner German Border was established and the British withdrew from Magdeburg which was part of the Soviet zone.
German Gen. Willibald Borowietz, 51, committed suicide at the Camp Clinton, Mississippi POW camp. He had been a POW since 1943, having surrendered with the Afrika Korps. His wife, Eva Ledien, was of Jewish decent and had killed herself in 1938 so that their children could be Aryanized. Her sister, Käthe (Ledien) Bosse, was killed in Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1944.
Debbie Harry (Angela Trimble), lead singer of Blondie, was born in Miami, Florida. She was given up for adoption by her parents and adopted by parents of the lsat name of Harry, who renamed her. Her birth mother, whom she later located, was a pianist, but who chose not to reunite with her.
When I was in high school I was a big fan of Blondie. I have all of their lps.
Harry started off as a folk singer. She became a New Wave trend setter with Blondie at age 33, late for a pop musician.
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