Today in World War II History—October 31, 1939 & 1944
Thursday, October 31, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
Poster for the 1939 World’s Fair
85 Years Ago—Oct. 31, 1939: British children are advised not to go “guising” (trick-or-treating) due to the blackout.
New York World’s Fair closes.
80 Years Ago—Oct. 31, 1944: Soviet forces trap German Army Group North in the Courland Peninsula of Lithuania for the rest of the war.
RAF Mosquito bombers destroy Gestapo Headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark, destroying records on the Danish Resistance, freeing two prisoners, and killing 200 Gestapo and 30 Danes, both prisoners and informers.
