The Casper paper termed the situation on the border "serious".
The retreating British Indian Army arrived at Kut, Iraq.
The British reinforced Matruh, Egypt, to guard against the Senussis.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Friday, December 3, 1915. Mexican border situation serious.
The retreating British Indian Army arrived at Kut, Iraq.
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Monday, November 22, 1915. British turned back in Mesopotamia.
The Indian Expeditionary Force D, mostly made up of Indian units and under the command of Gen. Sir John Nixon, attacked a more powerful force of Ottoman troops under the command of Nureddin Pasha near the site of the ancient city of Ctesiphon, located on the Tigris southeast of Baghdad.
Both sides took high casualty rates, but the battle arrested British progress in Mesopotamia and forced a British withdrawal.
The French evacuated the Vardar region of Macedonia in light of the defeat of the Serbian Army.
While the fighting in Europe had much of the front news attention in the US, in Texas it was Villa's plight south of the border, and how that might spill into the US.
Larrabee State Park was created in Washington.
The circus/carnival train owned by Con T. Kennedy was hit head on by the engine of a Central of Georgia passenger train east of Columbus, Georgia. The resulting crash resulted in at least 15 deaths of circus workers and perhaps up to 25, who were buried in a common grave.
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Sunday, November 20, 1915. Villa in retreat. . . again.
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Thursday, September 13, 1945. Start of the 1945–1946 War in Southern Vietnam,
The 1945–1946 War in Southern Vietnam began with the arrival of Major General Douglas Gracey in command if Indian troops. He arrived to take the Japanese surrendered but immediately apprised the situation as being nearly out of control.
One of his first acts was to arm liberated French POWs. His Indian Forces and the rearmed French soon evicted the Việt Minh from Saigon.
Gen. Leclerc of the French Army reviewing British Indian troops, Gen. Gracey in the background.
One of the really astounding elements of this is that the British not only won the Malayan Emergency, but arguably won their own portion of the Vietnam War.
The Japanese surrendered at Rangoon, save for their commander who would not surrender until October. The Japanese 18th Army surrendered in New Guinea.
The Chinese Communist prevailed in the Battle of Dazhongji while the Wudi Campaign (无棣战役) began.
British military authorities publish a Gestapo "death list" of 2300 British and Allied notables, including Churchill and the leaders of the French, Polish and Czechoslovak governments in exile.
Spain abolished the Falangist salute.
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Tuesday, September 11, 1945. The arrest of Tojo.
Labels: 1940s, 1941, 1944, 1945, China, French Indochina, Hideki Tojo, Japan, Nationalist Chinese Army, Pearl Harbor Hawaii, Personalities, Russo Japanese War, Vietnam, Vietnam (Hanoi), War Crimes, World War Two
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 1975. Holding out.
The ARVN held out against a superior NVA force at the Battle of Xuân Lộc.
South Korea executed eight people who were involved in the People's Revolutionary Party Incident, were hanged. Korea University had been closed the prior day.
The Indian Army invaded the Kingdom of Sikkim in response to a request by the prime minister. The king was placed under arrest.
The National Association of Broadcasters voted 12–3 to designate the first hour of weeknight network television as "Family Viewing Hour", starting with the 1975–76 season, following a requirement set by the FCC which was soon found to be unconstitutional.
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Tuesday, April 8, 1975. "Over in a month".
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Friday, March 23, 1945. Rhine flood.
Hitler approved withdrawing German forces across the Rhine, but the order came too late to avoid 50% of those troops already being lost on the opposite bank.
"Infantrymen of the 1st Allied Airborne Army are briefed at the marshalling area prior to taking off for the Rhine crossing and Wesel landing. Mourmelon, France. 23 March, 1945. 17th Airborne Division. Photographer: Forney."
U.S. and Filipino troops captured San Fernando on Luzon.
The Indian 20th Infantry Division took Wundwin, Burma.
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Thursday, March 22, 1945. Operation Plunder.
Labels: 1940s, 1945, Arab League, Bernard Law Montgomery, Germany, Monarchy, Operation Plunder, Spain, World War Two
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Monday, March 19, 1945. The Nero Decree.
Hitler issued the Nero Decree, which stated:
I. Hitler’s Order of March 19, 1945
RE: Destruction Measures within Reich Territory
Our nation’s struggle for existence forces us to utilize all means, even within Reich territory, to weaken the fighting power of our enemy and to prevent further advances. Any opportunity to inflict lasting damage on the striking power of the enemy must be taken advantage of. It is a mistake to believe that undestroyed or only temporarily paralyzed traffic, communications, industrial, and supply installations will be useful to us again after the recapture of lost territories. During his retreat, the enemy will leave behind only scorched earth and will abandon all concern for the population.
I therefore command
1. All military traffic, communications, industrial and supply installations as well as objects within Reich territory that might be used by the enemy in the continuation of his fight, either now or later, are to be destroyed.
2. It is the responsibility of the military command posts to execute this order to destroy all military objects, including traffic and communications installations.
The Gauleiters and Commissioners for Reich Defense are responsible for destroying the industrial and supply installations, as well as of other objects of valuable; the troops must give the Gauleiters and Commissioners for Reich Defense the assistance they need to carry out this task.
3. This command is to be transmitted to all troop commanders as promptly as possible; orders to the contrary are null and void.
Adolf Hitler
Albert Speer and various officers of the Wehrmacht conspired against its implementation.
Ostensibly a war measure, at this point in the war Hitler was lashing out against the German people themselves, whom he was punishing for, in his mind, having failed him by losing the war, something he now clearly knew had occurred.
Also at this point, internal German attitudes were rapidly changing. While still fighting in the field, German troops were now surrendering in large numbers to the Western Allies, rather than die in the final weeks of the war. German commanders, including some in the SS, were seeking to make back deals with the Western Allies, unsuccessfully, and without Hitler's knowledge. Some were preparing for their own post war futures. Members of the German government and military were starting to conspire to save what they could.
Again, there's a lesson here. Hitler was a populist politician who had risen to power backed by lies. His policies inevitably lead Germany to shame and ruin. Rather than resign when things turned bad, he hung on, supported by fanatic supporters, and in the end sought to destroy the very country he claimed to represent.
All U-boats in the Baltic were transferred to the west.
The British Indian Army took Mandalay.
The USS Franklin was hit by kamikazes and badly damaged.
724 men were killed and 265 wounded. Captain Gehres regarded those who had jumped into the sea during the event as having acted improperly, leading to post incident tension and ultimately his relief. She'd return to service and was ultimately stricken in 1964.
The Soviet Union notified Turkey that their non aggression pact would not be renewed after it expired in November. It demanded territorial concessions from Turkey, which Turkey rejected.
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Sunday, March 18, 1945 Landings in the Philippines, the largest air attack on Berlin.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Tuesday, March 13, 1945. The road to Mandalay.
"These First U.S. Army infantrymen, known as "Grover's Ghosts", are a combat patrol of the 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division. They captured the German town of Seilsdorf using Nazi weapons and equipment after their own ammunition ran out. Hermulheim, Germany. 13 March, 1945." 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division. Photographer: Pvt. H. Jaquith, 165th Signal Photo Co.
The Battle of Kiauneliškis ended in a Red Army victory with the destruction of the Lithuanian partisan bunkers.
The British Indian 62nd Bde took the last Japanese rail link to Mandalay.
"En route from Kunming, China, to Kai Yuan, China, in the Petrified Forest area. 13 March, 1945.
Entire convoy personnel of Maj. Gen. R. B. McClure, C.G. of C.G.C. and Gen. Ho Ying Chin, Supreme Commander of the Chinese Armies. Photographer: Pfc. E. J. Frayne, Jr."
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Monday, March 12, 1945. Santa Fe Riots.
Monday, February 24, 2025
Saturday, February 24, 1945.
Lt. Roy (Buck) Rogers, of Island Park, MN, inspects a German position.
The Soviet Lower Silesian Offensive ended in a Soviet victory, and the East Pomeranian Offensive commenced.
Colonel Ivan Kojedub, the top scoring Allied) fighter ace of the Second World War shot down a Me262 over Berlin. He died in 1991 at age 71.
The US 19th Corps took Julich.
The British 17th Indian Division took Taungtha.
The U-713 and U-1208 were sunk by the Royal Navy.
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmad Mahir Pasha, age 57, was assassinated in parliament immediately after announcing the Egyptian declaration of war on Germany.
"Co. A, 20th Tank Battalion, Cailly. Overall pic of equipment lined up for combat processing. 24 February, 1945."
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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Sunday, February 4, 1945. The Yalta Conference begins.
The Yalta Conference started in Yalta, in the Crimea, under the unfortunate circumstance of the Red Army only being 40 miles from Berlin. It was, of course, halted.
The postwar order and the war with Japan were the topics. It would be one of the most consequential conferences of the 20th Century.
Even in the photograph above it's easy to tell that Franklin Roosevelt was not well. The truth is, he was on death's door, and knew it. Those around him knew it too. At least one of those around him were far more friendly to a Communist world view than was known, except to the Soviets themselves.
Manila was being closed in on by the US Army from two directions.
The Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations began in Burma.
The USS Barbel was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Palawan.
The USAAF raids Iwo Jima for a second day with B-24s and B-29s.
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Saturday, February 3, 1945. When you see those photos of a Red Army sergeant raising the Soviet flag over Berlin, and the city looks wrecked, it wasn't actually the ground combat that caused that.
Labels: 1940s, 1945, Army, Battle of Manila, Francisco Franco, French Army, Nazi Germany, Philippines, Red Army, Spain, U.S. Air Force, World War Two
Friday, January 31, 2025
Wednesday, January 31, 1945. Fifty miles from Berlin.
"Reading his first mail since moving into frontline position is Sgt. John W. Carter of Gastonia, N.C., Battery C, 616th F.A. Bn., 10th Mtn. Div. 31 January, 1945. Cutigliano area, Italy.
Battery B, 616th Field Artillery Battalion, 10th Mountain Division.
The Red Army closed to within fifty miles of Berlin.
The Battle for Kapelsche Veer ended in a victory for the Canadian Army.
The Waffen SS murdered over 160 Polish POWs at Podgaje. The Polish troops were members of the Communist Polish People's Army.
The Battle of Hill 170 ended in a victory for the British and Indian Armies.
Destroyed Japanese tank on Luzon, January 31, 1945.
The 11th Airborne was landed, by sea, near Nasugbu without opposition.
The execution of Pvt. Eddie Slovik, about which there's been much handwringing, was carried out. He had been convicted of desertion and is the only US soldier to be executed for the same since the Civil War. Desertion was becoming a problem in the U.S. Army, contrary to the way we'd like to remember the war (draft dodging was as well), and he was made an example of.
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Thursday, January 30, 1945. The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Tuesday, January 23, 1945. St. Vith taken by the Allies.
"Troops of the 7th Armored Division on the lookout for snipers in the littered streets of St. Vith, Luxembourg. 23 January, 1945. Company G, 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division."
Photographer: T/5 Hugh F. McHugh, 165th Signal Photo Co.
The last major German stronghold in the Ardennes, St. Vith, fell to the US 4th Army.
German lawyer and nobleman Helmuth James Graf von Moltke was executed for his membership in hte Kreisau Circle. He was 37.
The 20th Indian Division in Burma took Myinmu.
The US 14th Corps took Bamban in the Philippines.
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Monday, January 22, 1945. Relentless.
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Friday, January 12, 1945. The beginning of the last Red Army Winter Offensive of World War Two.
The Red Army commenced the Sandomierz–Silesian Offensive and the Vistula–Oder Offensive.
German troops were outnumbered at least 4 to 1 in all classes of equipment.
"A civilian casually picks his way through the rubble - all that remains of the Belgian town of La Roche, entered earlier in the day by Allied troops. 12 January, 1945."
"Double trouble for the Germans comes in the form of twin bazookas mounted on a .50 caliber machine gun mount, which can be completely traversed. Although only two men are shown in the jeep, a third is present to load the projectiles while the unit is in actual operation. L-R: T/5 Louis Gergye, Youngstown, Ohio, and Pvt. William R. Jump, Owenton, Ky. 12 January, 1945. I & R Platoon, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division." This must be a field modification. I've never seen another example of this.
The British 18th Indian Division took bridgeheads over the Irrawaddy. Commandos were landed near Myebon on the mainland between Akyab and Ramree.
Aircraft of the U.S Navy sank 40 Japanese ships in Cam Ranh Bay and most of the ships in a convoy from Qui Nho'n, including the carrier Kashii.
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Thursday, January 11, 1945. Reinforcements at Lingayen
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Friday, January 5, 1945. They gave all.
British forces prevailed in the Battle of Bure.
The Navy shelled Iwo Jima, Haha Jima and Chichi Jima. The USAAF also hit them with B-29s.
Suribachi Wan in the Kurils was bombarded by surface vessels.
Shwebo was taken by the British 2nd Division of British 33rd Corps (Stopford). Indian paratroopers were dropped south of Rangoon.
The opening mission of Operation Cornflakes, an attempt to distribute propoganda via the German mail system, opened with a mail train being bombed followed by an air drop of fake mail to German homes.
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Ala Gertner, age 32, was executed at Auschwitz for her role in the Sonderkommando revolt of October, 1944.
Julies Leber, age 53, was also executed by the Germans for his role in being an opposition politician and German resistance member. An Alsatian who had originally chosen a career in the German Army, he was wounded in World War One and resigned from the army after the Kapp Putsch, which he opposed. He was a member of the July 20 plot and was anticipated to have a future role in the replacement German government.
The Soviet government recognized the Communist Provisional Government, which the UK and US did not.
Pepe Le Pew debuted in "Odor-able Kitty".
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Thursday, January 4, 1945. Fighting in snowy Belgium.
Labels: 1940s, 1945, Army, Battle of the Bulge, Belgium, British Army, Burma, German Wehrmacht, Indian Army, Luzon, U.S. Air Force, World War Two
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