World War II Today: March 12 includes the Anschluss of Austria by Nazi Germany, the end of the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, devastating Luftwaffe bombing of Clydebank, early aeromedical evacuation flights in North Africa, and the death of Anne Frank in Bergen-Belsen.
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March 11 saw the passage of the historic Lend-Lease Act, General Douglas MacArthur’s dramatic departure from the Philippines, heavy U-boat attacks on Atlantic convoys, Chindit operations deep behind Japanese lines in Burma, and massive RAF bombing raids on Essen in 1945.
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World War II Today: March 10 includes the debut of the Halifax bomber, Japanese advances in New Guinea, U.S. carrier strikes at Lae and Salamaua, the first combat mission of the P-47 Thunderbolt, and Allied advances toward the Rhine in 1945.
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World War II Today: March 9 includes Nazi persecution before the war, the collapse of the Dutch East Indies, a devastating U-boat attack off Brazil, Rommel’s departure from North Africa, the widening Remagen bridgehead, and the beginning of the firebombing of Tokyo.
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Inside the cold fuselage of a transport plane crossing the English Channel, Army flight nurses moved among rows of wounded soldiers evacuated from the beaches of Normandy. These women formed the backbone of a revolutionary aeromedical evacuation system that transformed wartime medicine. Flying aboard aircraft like the C-47 and C-54, they cared for severely wounded men in the air, often just hours after combat. Their courage and skill helped save more than a million lives during World War II.
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1st Lt. Suella V. Bernard was a World War II Army flight nurse who flew into Normandy days after D-Day and later volunteered for a dangerous glider evacuation mission near Remagen, Germany. Her story highlights the courage of the flight nurses who helped revolutionize military medicine during the war.
March 8 in World War II saw critical events unfold across Europe and the Pacific. The U.S. Senate passed the Lend-Lease Act, providing vital support to Allied nations, while Japanese forces captured Rangoon and expanded their reach in the Pacific. American bombers struck Berlin in a costly raid, and Allied troops advanced deeper into Germany as the war neared its final months.
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March 7 in World War II saw Hitler remilitarize the Rhineland in 1936, British troops deploy to Greece, the sinking of U-boat ace Günther Prien’s U-47, Japan capture Rangoon, German wolfpacks attack Atlantic convoys, and U.S. forces seize the vital Rhine bridge at Remagen in 1945.
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March 6 in World War II saw Hitler approve the daring Ardennes invasion plan, German aircraft mine the Suez Canal, the battleship Tirpitz attempt to intercept Arctic Convoy PQ-12, Allied bombing intensify over Berlin and northern France, Marines land in New Britain, and U.S. forces reach the Rhine as Cologne falls in 1945.
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March 5 in World War II saw Allied naval forces seize an Italian collier, the Royal Navy escort troop convoys to Greece, German aircraft locate Arctic Convoy PQ-12, Allied forces evacuate Rangoon, RAF Bomber Command begin the Battle of the Ruhr, Chindits establish the Broadway stronghold in Burma, and U.S. troops reach Cologne as Germany begins conscripting teenage soldiers.
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