War Savings Stamps Issued to Fund WWI
On December 1, 1917, first War Savings Stamp, WS1, was issued. The money earned from their sales helped fund World War I.
On December 1, 1917, first War Savings Stamp, WS1, was issued. The money earned from their sales helped fund World War I.
On November 30, 1874, future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was born in Woodstock, England.
On November 20, 1943, U.S. troops launched the Battle of Tarawa, the first American offensive in the central Pacific region of World War II.
On October 23, 1944, the Allies launched the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific.
On September 1, 1939, Germany launched a land, sea, and air invasion of Poland, marking the start of World War II.
On August 25, 1944, Allied troops liberated Paris, France after four years of Nazi occupation.
After nearly six years of a world at war, the Japanese surrendered on August 14, 1945, effectively ending World War II.
When the Nazis were defeated in World War II, Germany was divided into two countries. Shortly after midnight on August 13, 1961, East German soldiers laid barbed wire and bricks, creating the Berlin Wall.
On August 2, 1943, future president John F. Kennedy saved the majority of his PT-109 crew after a Japanese destroyer rammed them.