Today in World War II History—November 18, 1939 & 1944
Monday, November 18, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
US Third Army, 378th Infantry, on the outskirts of Metz, France, 17 Nov 1944 (US Army Center of Military History)
85 Years Ago—Nov. 18, 1939: IRA (Irish Republican Army) detonates four small bombs in Piccadilly, London, but no one is injured.
80 Years Ago—Nov. 18, 1944: US Third Army enters Metz, France.
Submarine USS Blackfin picks up captured Japanese cryptographic equipment, technical equipment, and secret documents from Filipino resistance fighters on Mindoro.
