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Today in World War II History—January 30, 1943

Monday, January 30, 2023 by Sarah Sundin
Recruitment poster for the French Milice, WWII

Recruitment poster for the French Milice, WWII

80 Years Ago—Jan. 30, 1943: RAF flies daylight raid to Berlin, timed to interrupt Goering and Goebbels’s speeches on the tenth anniversary of the German Reich.

The Milice, a Vichy French militia, is formed under Joseph Darnand to counter the French Resistance.

Australians defeat Japanese at Wau, New Guinea.

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