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Today in World War II History—February 8, 1940 & 1945

Saturday, February 8, 2025 by Sarah Sundin
3rd Canadian Infantry Division amphibious vehicles on the flooded Kranenburg road, February 1945 (public domain via “Official History of the Canadian Army—Operation ‘Veritable’”)

3rd Canadian Infantry Division amphibious vehicles on the flooded Kranenburg road, February 1945 (public domain via “Official History of the Canadian Army—Operation ‘Veritable’”)

85 Years Ago—Feb. 8, 1940: Germans establish a Jewish ghetto in Lódz in occupied Poland, restricting Jews to certain neighborhoods.

80 Years Ago—Feb. 8, 1945: Canadian First Army opens drive for the Rhine from Nijmegen in the Netherlands, often in flooded conditions.

Norwegian resistance (Milorg) kills Maj. Gen. Karl Marthinson, head of Norwegian state police.

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