Today in WW2 History, 8 Dec 1941: German troops began to fall back away from Moscow. #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=37

Today in WW2 History, 8 Dec 1940: Greek troops captured Gjirokastra and Delvinë in Albania. #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=36

Today in WW2 History, 8 Dec 1938: [Photo] Launching of Graf Zeppelin at Kiel #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=8319

Today in WW2 History, 8 Dec 1937: Chinese Air Force squadrons departed Nanjing for airfields in the west. #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=38

Today in WW2 History, 8 Dec 1878: Walter Heitz, future general, was born #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=597

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1945: Tomoyuki Yamashita was found guilty of war crimes. #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=32

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1944: [Photo] Bradley, Tedder, Eisenhower, and Montgomery at Maastricht #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=22404

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1944: [Photo] US destroyer bombarding Leyte, Philippines #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=4091

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1943: [Photo] USS Snook scorecard #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=12998

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1943: New Zealand troops attacked Orsogna, Italy in failure. #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=309

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1942: [Photo] US submarines at Rosneath, Scotland, United Kingdom #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=18219

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1941: [Photo] Destroyed Warhawk fighter at Wheeler Field, Hawaii #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=197

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1941: [Photo] Detonation of magazine of USS Arizona #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=493

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1941: [Photo] USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee afire at Pearl Harbor #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=3539

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1941: Minute-by-minute Pearl Harbor Attack Timetable #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/timetable_pearl.php

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1941: 360 Japanese carrier aircraft struck Pearl Harbor, devastating US Pacific Fleet. #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=17

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1941: Erwin Rommel abandoned Tobruk as an objective. #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=261

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1940: Fairey Barracuda dive bomber took its first flight. #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/aircraft_spec.php?aircraft_model_id=96

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1939: Soviet 9th Army attacked in central Karelia, Finland. #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=30

Today in WW2 History, 7 Dec 1937: Chinese government departed Nanjing; John Rabe took over civilian administration. #ww2 #onthisday https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=38