So I was organizing my WW2 advertisements (of course that is something I collect sporadically...) and I found this gem on the back of an automotive advertisement.
It's an explanation, from Elsie the Borden cow to her (husband?) Elmer the bull about the importance of the American farmer. It made me think of my Ag folks Becky, Sarah and Zach.
Features such great lines as:
-"Woman, the blood of the sacred bulls of India flows in my veins and every drop of it is boiling!"
and
- "Faugh!" snarled Elmer. "If it's milk this farmer wants, thats your job!".

On 13 April 1943 the Katyn Massacre was revealed to the world via German radio. While Nazi forces are guilty of some truly horrendous events before and during WWII, in this case they were actually the ones bringing an enormous atrocity against a protected group to light.
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That group was Polish prisoners of war, primarily officers and NCOs, who were systematically murdered and disposed of by Soviet Security Forces in April of 1940. Declassified Soviet records put the total number of dead at 21,857, although the number could be higher.

On this date in 1941 the Lend-Lease Act was signed into law. This program was designed to support Allied Nations in their fight against the Axis. While it was still 9 months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States had (arguably) ended its official neutrality and threw the “Arsenal of Democracy” behind the Allies

On this day in history in 1945 elements of the U.S. Army began to flow across the recently captured Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine. American forces unexpectedly captured the still standing (but badly damaged) bridge after defending German forces failed to destroy it. The bridge stood for 10 days after its capture, and it and the surrounding area was subjected to artillery barrages, V-2 rocket attacks, aerial bombardment, Nazi “Frogmen”, and conventional ground attack. The bridge helped deliver six divisions of Soldiers and equipment across the river, and likely helped shorten the war, with victory in Europe being declared only two months later.

December 13th, 1941 was a day filled in equal measures by heroism and despicable treachery on the little island of Ni’ihau in the Hawaiian Islands chain. It all started with the attack on Pearl Harbor, and a Japanese aviator who crash landed on the island.
The pilot was knocked unconscious during the landing, and was relieved of both his pistol and sensitive military documents by an island resident by the name of Hawila Kaleohano. Kaleohana didn’t know of the attack on Pearl Harbor (the island didn’t have electricity or many radios), but he thought the actions prudent because he knew tensions were high between the U.S. and Japan.

This day is history, in 1939, rear-echelon elements of the Finnish army defeated an overwhelming surprise Soviet attack with the assistance of... sausage soup and American made rifles???