Today in World War II History—November 24, 1939 & 1944
US airmen reading a bulletin announcing their Saipan-based unit’s first bombing of Tokyo, Japan on 24 Nov 1944 (US National Archives 56681 AC)
85 Years Ago—Nov. 24, 1939: Gestapo executes 120 Czech students accused of participating in an anti-Nazi conspiracy.
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) is created by Act of Parliament.
Map of Allied 6th Army Group front, 26 Nov 1944 (US Army Center of Military History)
80 Years Ago—Nov. 24, 1944: US B-29 Superfortress bombers bomb Tokyo for the first time.
Japanese capture Nanning, completing a land corridor between occupied China and Indochina.
In controversial decision, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower orders the 6th Army Group not to cross the Rhine but to drive north and assist Patton’s Third Army.
In Terrace, BC, Canadian conscripts (many are French-Canadian) mutiny when they hear they might be sent overseas, the largest mutiny in Canadian history; put down by 11/29; news of the mutiny is censored.
France establishes Commission de Récupération Artistique (CRA) to return looted artwork, with curator Rose Valland as secretary.
