Today in World War II History—Aug. 3, 1940 & 1945
Monday, August 3, 2020 by Sarah Sundin

Map of East Africa, mid-1930s (Library of Congress)
80 Years Ago—Aug. 3, 1940: Italian troops under Gen. Guglielmo Nasi invade British Somaliland from Italian Ethiopia.
New song in the Top Ten: “When the Swallows Return to Capistrano.”
75 Years Ago—Aug. 3, 1945: Czechoslovakia denies citizenship to ethnic Germans and Hungarians.