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World War II Day by Day

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This series, consisting of 366 sixty second interstitual programmes, covers, in an entertaining and informative manner, the most important actions, day by day, each date selected from one of the six war years.

This is the most comprehensive series of world war two interstituals to date. It can be used as a stand alone or as an insert into other programmes on the subject.

Whether you are a researcher, broadcaster or producer, the series is intrinsic to any programme on the day to day events of world war two.

January

date	year	description of clip
01 Jan	1941	German atrocities in the Soviet Union are recorded for the first time
02 Jan	1942	Manila falls to the Japanese
03 Jan	1942	B-17 production is planned to increase by 40%
04 Jan	1943	German casualties at Stalingrad are mounting
05 Jan	1945	Kamikaze pilots destroy 17 US naval vessels in 9 days
06 Jan	1944	Soviet forces enter Poland
07 Jan	1942	Japanese attack US carrier
08 Jan	1944	Soviet Army takes Kirovograd
09 Jan	1944	British Capture Maungdaw in Burma
10 Jan	1945	US Sixth Army lands on Luzon
11 Jan	1942	Japanese enter Kuala Lumpur
12 Jan	1945	Largest Soviet offensive to take Berlin
13 Jan	1942	U-boat offenses on the US east coast begins
14 Jan	1943	Start of the Casablanca conference
15 Jan	1944	Germans retreat to positions around Monte Cassino
16 Jan	1943	Leningrad resists - receive supplies brought over the ice
17 Jan	1942	Stukas grounded due to adverse weather
18 Jan	1945	Germans drive through Soviet lines to reach Danube
19 Jan	1945	Soviet forces capture Krakow and Tilsit
20 Jan	1942	Wannsee conference - Final solution
21 Jan	1945	Soviets take Tannenberg
22 Jan	1944	The landing at Anzio
23 Jan	1945	US First Army takes St. Vith
24 Jan	1943	End of the Casablanca conference
25 Jan	1942	Rommel captures Msus
26 Jan	1943	Soviets capture Voronezh on the Don
27 Jan	1944	Siege of Leningrad is over
28 Jan	1945	Last of the Ardennes Salient flattened
29 Jan	1942	Rommel advances on Barce
30 Jan	1944	US Fifth Army is unsuccessful at the Gustav Line
31 Jan	1945	Zhukov reaches the Oder River