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Today in World War II History—June 24, 1940 & 1945

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 by Sarah Sundin
US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Navy Department, Washington, DC, circa 1943 (US Navy photo 80-G-399009)

US Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Navy Department, Washington, DC, circa 1943 (US Navy photo 80-G-399009)

85 Years Ago—June 24, 1940: British government sends gold bullion and securities to Canada for safekeeping.

Charles Edison (son of Thomas) resigns as Secretary of the Navy to run for governor of New Jersey; Roosevelt appoints Republican interventionist Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News, to replace Edison.

“Bridge over the River Kwai” by Leo Rawlings, depicting four prisoners of war building bridge on Burma Railway, 1943 (Imperial War Museum: ART LD 6035)

“Bridge over the River Kwai” by Leo Rawlings, depicting four prisoners of war building bridge on Burma Railway, 1943 (Imperial War Museum: ART LD 6035)

80 Years Ago—June 24, 1945: In a bombing raid, the RAF destroys the infamous bridge over the River Kwai in Thailand, built at great cost by slaves and prisoners of the Japanese.

Australians take Sarawak, Borneo.

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