The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Sunday, September 19, 2021

Important Dates WW II, Sept. 15 &17: Nuremburg Laws, Battle of Britain, Poland, Operation Market Garden

SEPTEMBER 15

**  1935:  The Nuremburg Laws deprived German Jews of their citizenship and made the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany.

**  1940:  During the Battle of Britain the tide turned as the Luftwaffe sustained heavy losses inflicted by the Royal Air Force.

SEPTEMBER 17

**  1939:  The Soviet Union invaded Poland, more than two weeks after Germany launched its assault on that country.

**  1944:  Allied paratroopers launched Operation Market Garden, landing behind German lines in the Netherlands.

The Allies, however, encountered fierce German resistance.

--GreGen


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