This Day In History

1942 Battle of Savo Island (August 8-9).

1942 General Bernard "Monty" Montgomery appointed commander of British 8th Army at El Alamein, Egypt. Six convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in the U.S. on June 25, 1942 were executed in Washngton, DC;  two others who cooperated were spared but given life sentences. British Flower class corvette HMS Dianthus sinks German submarine U-379.  Soviet anti-offensive of Voronezh under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko.

1943 LCI Landing:  Sant'agate, Sicily.

1943 The Western Allies Combined Chiefs of Staff meet in Quebec, Canada.  The U.S. amphibious forces land at Sant'Agata on the North coast of Sicily.  Vegetables & fruit are rationed in Holland.

1944 Canadian & Polish troops occupy Cramesnil, Secqueville, Cintheaux, & St-Aignan, France.  The U.S. 15th Army Corps occupies Le Mans, France.

1945 President Harry Truman signs the instrument of certification for the United Nations Charter.  The U.S., USSR, Britain & France sign Treaty of London and set down procedures for Nuremberg trials.  USSR declares war against Japan.  USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea.