Tag: Marines

Podcast

26th March 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima officially ends

26th March 2021
Tagged as: America, Japan, Marines, Second World War, USA, War in the Pacific

At 9am on the 26^th March 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima ended as US Marines officially secured the island from the Japanese Imperial Army during the War in the Pacific.

Podcast

13th August 1918: Opha May Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps

13th August 2020
Tagged as: America, First World War, Marines, Military, United States, Women

Johnson was 40 years old when she enlisted, and her extensive clerical and stenographical experience made her a perfect fit for the role.

Tag: Marines

26th March 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima officially ends

13th August 1918: Opha May Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps

Meta

21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

3rd August 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain

3rd October 1918: Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria comes to the throne

2nd October 1919: US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke while in office

1st October 1949: Mao Zedong declares the establishment of the People’s Republic of China

30th September 1967: Launch of BBC Radio 1 with the words ‘…and, good morning everyone. Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1’

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

Tag: Marines

Tags

Meta