On January 2, 1942 World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces source
On January 2, 1942 World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces
Smoky World War II Yorkshire terrier war dog, credited with 12 combat missions and awarded 8 battle stars. source
Smoky World War II Yorkshire terrier war dog, credited with 12 combat missions and awarded 8 battle stars.
On January 7.1942 ; World War II The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins. source
On January 7.1942 ; World War II The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.
On January 7,1945 – World War II: British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. source
On January 7,1945 – World War II: British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge.
On January 18.1945 ; World War II: Liberation of the Budapest Ghetto by the Red Army. source
On January 18.1945 ; World War II: Liberation of the Budapest Ghetto by the Red Army.
On January 19.1941 ; World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto. source
On January 19.1941 ; World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.
On January 20.1945 ; World War II: The Miklós provisional government of Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies. source
On January 20.1945 ; World War II: The Miklós provisional government of Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
On January 24.1942 ; World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom. source
On January 24.1942 ; World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
On January 30.1944 ; World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy. source
On January 30.1944 ; World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
The U.S. reportedly had about 135,000 tons of chemical warfare agents during WW II; Germany had 70,000 tons, Britain 40,000 and Japan 7,500 tons.
On February 3.1945 ; World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan. source
On February 3.1945 ; World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.
On February 6.1942 ; World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand. source
On February 6.1942 ; World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand.
On February 7.1944 ; World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle. source
On February 7.1944 ; World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
On February 14.1944 ; World War II: In the Action of 14 February 1944, a British submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian submarine in the Strait of Malacca. source
On February 14.1944 ; World War II: In the Action of 14 February 1944, a British submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian submarine in the Strait of Malacca.
On February 15.1944 ; World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins. source
On February 15.1944 ; World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
On February 16.1943 ; World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov. source
On February 16.1943 ; World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov.
On February 17.1944 ; World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion. source
On February 17.1944 ; World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
On February 19.1945 ; World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima. source
On February 19.1945 ; World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
On February 19.1943 ; World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins. source
On February 19.1943 ; World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
On February 20.1944 ; World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island. source
On February 20.1944 ; World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
On February 20.1942 ; Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace. source
On February 20.1942 ; Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
On February 22.1943 ; World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany. source
On February 22.1943 ; World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.
On March 4.1943 ; World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end. source
On March 4.1943 ; World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
On March 7.1945 ; World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen. source
On March 7.1945 ; World War II: American troops seize the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine river at Remagen.
On March 9. 1944 ; World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days. source
On March 9. 1944 ; World War II: Japanese troops counter-attack American forces on Hill 700 in Bougainville in a battle that would last five days.
On March 14.1945 ; World War II: The R.A.F.'s first operational use of the Grand Slam bomb, Bielefeld, Germany. source
On March 14.1945 ; World War II: The R.A.F.'s first operational use of the Grand Slam bomb, Bielefeld, Germany.
On March 16.1940 ; First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. source
On March 16.1940 ; First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
On March 19.1945 ; World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power. source
On March 19.1945 ; World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
On March 29.1945 ; World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England. source
On March 29.1945 ; World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
On April 4.1945 ; World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany. source
On April 4.1945 ; World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.