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.
Showing posts with label Stalin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stalin. Show all posts
Thursday, September 24, 2020
AP's Edward Kennedy Was the Man on the Scene Who Broke the Surrender Story
Same Source as the previous V-E Day entries.
Edward Kennedy, then AP's chief of bureau in Paris, was present at the surrender and was first to report the end of the war in Europe to the United States and the world, bypassing the Allied political embargo.
The news was broadcast unofficially over German radio, but U.S. President Harry Truman and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had agreed to suppress the news of the capitulation for a day, in order to allow Russian dictator Josef Stalin to stage a second surrender ceremony in Berlin.
Kennedy published the news anyway, angering U.S. authorities. The military suspended AP's ability temporarily to dispatch any news from the European theater, and Kennedy was called home and later fired.
AP issued a statement saying, "Kennedy did everything right," because the embargo was for political reason, not to protect the troops.
"The world needed to know," AP's then-president and CEO Tom Curley said. Kennedy "stood up to the power."
--GreGen
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Bits of War: Mokapu Point-- Stalin and Hitler-- Turning Point Battles-- Pearl Harbor and the Atom Bombs
Bits of War-- Snippets
1. MOKAPU POINT-- Hawaii, World War II bunkers are still there and now home to numerous boobie birds. It is said that one of these contained one of the turrets of the USS Arizona
2. STALIN AND HITLER-- Stalin blocked two attempts to kill Stalin fearing that his replacement would make peace with the Allies according to General Anatoly Kulikov. This occurred in 1943 and 1944 with attacks on Hitler's bunkers.
In 1944, a potential assassin had gained the trust of Nazi leadership and a detailed assassination plan was drawn up.
3. TURNING POINT BATTLES-- The March 12, 2010 Listverse had a list of ten battles that turned the tide of the war they were fought in. Four of them were from World War II: Leyte Gulf, Britain, Midway and Stalingrad. To see the others go to my Cooter's History Thing blog from today.
4. PEARL HARBOR AND THE ATOM BOMBS-- I'd like to add the battles of Pearl Harbor and the two atom bombs to the list of turning points. Pearl harbor enraged the United States and as Japanese Admiral Yamamoto said, "filled us with a terrible resolve." And, of course,the bombs caused the Japanese to surrender. Otherwise, the war would have gone on for a much longer time with huge casualties on both sides.
Just Some Stuff. --GreGen
1. MOKAPU POINT-- Hawaii, World War II bunkers are still there and now home to numerous boobie birds. It is said that one of these contained one of the turrets of the USS Arizona
2. STALIN AND HITLER-- Stalin blocked two attempts to kill Stalin fearing that his replacement would make peace with the Allies according to General Anatoly Kulikov. This occurred in 1943 and 1944 with attacks on Hitler's bunkers.
In 1944, a potential assassin had gained the trust of Nazi leadership and a detailed assassination plan was drawn up.
3. TURNING POINT BATTLES-- The March 12, 2010 Listverse had a list of ten battles that turned the tide of the war they were fought in. Four of them were from World War II: Leyte Gulf, Britain, Midway and Stalingrad. To see the others go to my Cooter's History Thing blog from today.
4. PEARL HARBOR AND THE ATOM BOMBS-- I'd like to add the battles of Pearl Harbor and the two atom bombs to the list of turning points. Pearl harbor enraged the United States and as Japanese Admiral Yamamoto said, "filled us with a terrible resolve." And, of course,the bombs caused the Japanese to surrender. Otherwise, the war would have gone on for a much longer time with huge casualties on both sides.
Just Some Stuff. --GreGen
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