1945 - ASTROLOGY OF THIRD MILLENNIUM

21

Aug

Adolf Hitler committed suicide in Berlin

On 10 July 1940, Hitler began the Battle of Britain because Prime Minister Winston Churchill had a fierce determination against the Third Reich. He managed to galvanize the British people against the aerial destruction caused by Nazi bombers and later by the V1s, the first cruise missiles, and the V2s, the first ballistic missiles launched against Britain. "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat..." Such were Winston Churchill's words of war. Before defeating England, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 against the USSR. On 5 December 1941, the panzer divisions...

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14

Dec

Winston Churchill Victory on 8 May 1945

On 7 May 1945, in a school in Reims, France, the German General Staff of the Western Front signed its unconditional surrender. Winston Churchill proclaimed the surrender of Germany and the cessation of hostilities by midnight plus one minute, on 8 May 1945. This same day, the Nazi General Staff in Berlin confirmed its surrender.On 19 May 1945, the Labour Party left the government, ending the wartime period of national unity. New elections were held on 5 July. The surprising result was that the Labour Party won for the first time since its foundation. After leading his country to total victory,...

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29

Apr

Édith Piaf sang La Vie en rose

For her birthday on 19 December 1945 her song writer Henri Contet offered Édith Piaf the song La Vie en rose. She hesitated for several months and finally recorded it on October 9, 1946. This song became a standard covered by many artists around the world including Louis Armstrong, Mary Hopkin, Marlene Dietrich, Plácido Domingo, Diane Dufresne and more than forty other artists. In 1946, the film Étoile sans lumière was released, in which she played with Yves Montand. She made him known from the spring of 1944, when he sang at the Moulin Rouge in Paris as the opening act for her show. ...

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