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Today in World War II History—August 14, 1941

Saturday, August 14, 2021 by Sarah Sundin
Roosevelt and Churchill at the Atlantic Charter Conference, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Aug 1941 (US Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-26850)

Roosevelt and Churchill at the Atlantic Charter Conference, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Aug 1941 (US Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-26850)

80 Years Ago—Aug. 14, 1941: Roosevelt and Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter declaring general principles for a free postwar world.

Roosevelt announces US will not allow German U-boats to attack British shipping in the Western Hemisphere.

Nazis execute Franciscan priest Maximilian Kolbe, after Kolbe volunteered to replace a condemned man; Kolbe will be canonized; the man he replaced, Franciszek Gajowniczek, survives the war.

Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, 1939 (public domain via Wikipedia)

Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, 1939 (public domain via Wikipedia)

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