Event date: March 14, 40

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Today March 18th

Please visit our gift shop. Help support this historic aircraft. Thank you. Today in World War II History 1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Pass. The Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany's war against France and Britain during the meeting. 1942 - The third military draft began in the U.S. because of World War II. 1943 - The Reich called off its offensive in Caucasus. 1943 - American forces took Gafsa in Tunisia. 1944 - The Russians reached the Rumanian border in the Balkans during World War II. 1945 - 1,250 U.S. bombers attacks Berlin. Random World War II Quote "The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand." Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto - Commander in Chief of the Japanese Navy - December 7, 1941