January 30, 1933, a celebratory parade announced the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. Chancellor is the head of the government, equivalent to Prime Minister in other countries. One of Hitler’s first official acts as Chancellor was to appoint Hermann Göring as Minister of the Interior for the German state of Prussia. Prussia […]
Charles Lindberg, of the Spirit of St. Louis fame, could do far more than fly a plane. He could produce, improve and master them. Born Feb 4, 1902 to Charles A. Lindberg, Sr. and Evangeline Land, Charles Jr. was no stranger to greatness. He knew the value of hard work and standing up for what […]
From late January through late March 1941, there was a series of secret meetings between representatives of the United States Navy, the United States Army and the United Kingdom, held in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the secret meetings was to determine how the United States and Great Britain could together best defeat the Axis […]
On February 16, 1942, German U-boats began their attack on the Allies in Caribbean waters. It was a strategic and calculated attack. In Aruba and Curacao millions of barrels of oil derivatives and gasoline were produced weekly and much of American shipping to and from South America traveled through Trinidad. The initial offensive continued […]