Peter Harmsen
@peterharmsen.bsky.social
Author of books on military history, including New York Times bestseller Shanghai 1937 and the War in the Far East trilogy. Fury and Ice about Greenland in World War Two has just been published
Dec 20, 1944: On Leyte island, General Sosaku Suzuki, commander of the Japanese 35th Army, moves his headquarters further west under pressure from advancing American troops #onthisday #otd #80yearsago #japan #leyte #pacificwar #war
December 20, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Dec 20, 1944: On Leyte island, General Sosaku Suzuki, commander of the Japanese 35th Army, moves his headquarters further west under pressure from advancing American troops #onthisday #otd #80yearsago #japan #leyte #pacificwar #war
Dec 19, 1934: Naval talks end in London, with US, Britain defeating Japanese wish for parity #onthisday #90yearsago #history #asia #japan
December 19, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Dec 19, 1934: Naval talks end in London, with US, Britain defeating Japanese wish for parity #onthisday #90yearsago #history #asia #japan
US Army Air Force officers celebrate Christmas in Ukraine in December 1944. In this photo, three Americans at the Poltava shuttle base mark the holiday along with a female member of the Soviet forces. The base was in use by American bombers from June to September 1944 Image source: National Archives
December 17, 2024 at 8:29 PM
US Army Air Force officers celebrate Christmas in Ukraine in December 1944. In this photo, three Americans at the Poltava shuttle base mark the holiday along with a female member of the Soviet forces. The base was in use by American bombers from June to September 1944 Image source: National Archives
'The Enemy of Mankind': Anti-Japanese propaganda poster issued by the US government for distribution in Latin America during World War II. Source: National Archives #poster #ww2 #history #asia #propaganda
December 5, 2024 at 9:21 PM
'The Enemy of Mankind': Anti-Japanese propaganda poster issued by the US government for distribution in Latin America during World War II. Source: National Archives #poster #ww2 #history #asia #propaganda
Dec 5, 1934: Japan concerned about creation of Soviet submarine flotilla in Vladivostok #othisday #japan #asia #90yearsago
December 5, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Dec 5, 1934: Japan concerned about creation of Soviet submarine flotilla in Vladivostok #othisday #japan #asia #90yearsago
Dec 4, 1934: 1935 Naval Conference may be postponed as parties find little common ground in London #asia #90yearsago #history #otd #onthisday #navy #pacific
December 4, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Dec 4, 1934: 1935 Naval Conference may be postponed as parties find little common ground in London #asia #90yearsago #history #otd #onthisday #navy #pacific
Dec 2, 1944: Japanese baseball legend Eiji Sawamura, who could have signed a US Major League contract in the prewar years, is killed as a soldier on board a transport ship bound for Borneo as it torpedoed by USS submarine Sea Devil #history #ww2 #otd #onthisday #80yearsago #japan
December 2, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Dec 2, 1944: Japanese baseball legend Eiji Sawamura, who could have signed a US Major League contract in the prewar years, is killed as a soldier on board a transport ship bound for Borneo as it torpedoed by USS submarine Sea Devil #history #ww2 #otd #onthisday #80yearsago #japan
Dec 1, 1934: France rejects Japanese request for joint dismissal of Washington Naval Treaty #history #90yearsago #onthisday #todayinhistory #france #japan
December 1, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Dec 1, 1934: France rejects Japanese request for joint dismissal of Washington Naval Treaty #history #90yearsago #onthisday #todayinhistory #france #japan
Nov 30, 1934: France worries a too-close alliance with Russia could lead to conflict with Japan and loss of Indochina #onthisday #todayinhistory #90yearsago #asia #history
November 30, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Nov 30, 1934: France worries a too-close alliance with Russia could lead to conflict with Japan and loss of Indochina #onthisday #todayinhistory #90yearsago #asia #history
Nov 29, 1944: Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano is sunk by US submarine Archerfish #history #otd #onthisday #80yearsago #ww2
November 29, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Nov 29, 1944: Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano is sunk by US submarine Archerfish #history #otd #onthisday #80yearsago #ww2
Nov 29, 1934: Near-panic in south China’s Guangxi province as communist forces approach #China #history #onthisday #todayinhistory
November 29, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Nov 29, 1934: Near-panic in south China’s Guangxi province as communist forces approach #China #history #onthisday #todayinhistory
November 27, 1944: Battle of Peleliu ends with American victory #otd #ww2 #80yearsago #pacificwar #USMC
November 28, 2024 at 6:08 PM
November 27, 1944: Battle of Peleliu ends with American victory #otd #ww2 #80yearsago #pacificwar #USMC
Nov 28, 1934: Japan reported to sound out Italy, France for support in denouncing Washington Treaty #history #asia #onthisday #otd #90yearsago
November 28, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Nov 28, 1934: Japan reported to sound out Italy, France for support in denouncing Washington Treaty #history #asia #onthisday #otd #90yearsago
Nov 27, 1934: China’s modernization will have ‘tremendous benefit’ to rest of world, says its envoy to US, Alfred Sze #history #china #onthisday #90yearsago
November 27, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Nov 27, 1934: China’s modernization will have ‘tremendous benefit’ to rest of world, says its envoy to US, Alfred Sze #history #china #onthisday #90yearsago
November 25, 1944: Japanese cruiser Kumano is sunk by American aircraft off the Philippines #ww2 #history #80yearsago #thisdayinhistory #otd
November 25, 2024 at 8:21 AM
November 25, 1944: Japanese cruiser Kumano is sunk by American aircraft off the Philippines #ww2 #history #80yearsago #thisdayinhistory #otd
Nov 25, 1934: Hu Hanmin, Nationalist Chinese official, says Communists retreating from Jiangxi province aim to reorganize #history #90yearsago #todayinhistory #china #asia
November 25, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Nov 25, 1934: Hu Hanmin, Nationalist Chinese official, says Communists retreating from Jiangxi province aim to reorganize #history #90yearsago #todayinhistory #china #asia
Nov 24, 1934: Ji Hongchang, Chinese general favoring cooperation with Communists to beat Japanese, is executed in Beijing #history #90yearsago #asia #china
November 24, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Nov 24, 1934: Ji Hongchang, Chinese general favoring cooperation with Communists to beat Japanese, is executed in Beijing #history #90yearsago #asia #china
November 24, 1944: In their first mission from bases in the Marianas, B-29 bombers raid Nakajima Aircraft Engine Plant near Tokyo #ww2 #history #80yearsago #thisdayinhistory
November 24, 2024 at 3:27 AM
November 24, 1944: In their first mission from bases in the Marianas, B-29 bombers raid Nakajima Aircraft Engine Plant near Tokyo #ww2 #history #80yearsago #thisdayinhistory
November 22, 1944: British submarine Stratagem is depth charged in the Strait of Malacca by Japanese submarine chaser CH 35. It is scuttled, and ten members of the crew are taken prisoner. Three survive the war. #ww2 #history #navy #submarine #military #onthisday
November 22, 2024 at 3:34 AM
November 22, 1944: British submarine Stratagem is depth charged in the Strait of Malacca by Japanese submarine chaser CH 35. It is scuttled, and ten members of the crew are taken prisoner. Three survive the war. #ww2 #history #navy #submarine #military #onthisday
November 21, 1944: Japanese battlecruiser Kongo is sunk off Taiwan by submarine USS Sealion
November 21, 2024 at 8:57 PM
November 21, 1944: Japanese battlecruiser Kongo is sunk off Taiwan by submarine USS Sealion
A top-secret Allied operation to unlock encrypted German radio communication contributed to winning the battle over Greenland in World War Two. Read my blog post for my American publisher Casemate by clicking on this link.
Fury and Ice: Author Guest Post by Peter Harmsen
Peter Harmsen, PhD, author of Fury and Ice, writes about the importance of Greenland during World War II. The photo above depicts members of the US Coast
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November 20, 2024 at 3:23 AM
A top-secret Allied operation to unlock encrypted German radio communication contributed to winning the battle over Greenland in World War Two. Read my blog post for my American publisher Casemate by clicking on this link.
November 18, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Chinese soldiers on cover of Hong Kong magazine Eastern Pictorial 1939
November 17, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Chinese soldiers on cover of Hong Kong magazine Eastern Pictorial 1939