World War II Today: March 15 includes Germany’s occupation of Bohemia and Moravia, Roosevelt’s warning about tyranny, the fierce Battle of Keren in Eritrea, major naval battles in the Atlantic, heavy bombing raids over Europe, and continued Allied advances during the final months of the war.

World War II Today: March 14 includes Hitler’s declaration of Nazi authority, the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the German recapture of Kharkov, the destruction of the Krakow Ghetto, Allied advances across Europe and the Pacific in 1945, and the first combat use of the massive Grand Slam earthquake bomb.

World War II Today: March 13 includes the end of the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, devastating Luftwaffe attacks on Clydebank, Roosevelt organizing American war relief, advances and setbacks across Europe and Asia, and massive Allied bombing operations in 1945.

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.

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.

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.

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.