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Today in World War II History—November 10, 1939 & 1944

Sunday, November 10, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
Americans destroy Hengyang Airfield in China as Japanese advance, June 1944 (US Army Air Force photo)

Americans destroy Hengyang Airfield in China as Japanese advance, June 1944 (US Army Air Force photo)

85 Years Ago—Nov. 10, 1939: “The Venlo Incident”—Germans kidnap two British MI6 agents in Dutch town of Venlo; the MI6 agents will be accused of the previous day’s assassination attempt on Hitler.

80 Years Ago—Nov. 10, 1944: In the Netherlands, Germans forcibly round up 52,000 men aged 17-40 in Rotterdam to work in Germany and to prevent further resistance.

Japanese take US Fourteenth Air Force air bases at Kweilin and Liuchow in their drive through southern China.

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