WWII History

World War II Today: March 31 covers Allied guarantees to Poland, the raider Atlantis at sea, heavy Blitz casualties, fighting in North Africa, Auschwitz expansion, major RAF losses, and the final Allied crossings of the Rhine in 1945.

World War II Today: March 30 includes Japanese puppet governments in China, U.S. seizure of Axis ships, early deportations to Auschwitz, Allied command structure in the Pacific, major air and ground battles, and the final collapse of German defenses in 1945.

World War II Today: March 29 includes Italian bombing in Ethiopia, tightening anti-Jewish restrictions in Europe, the decisive naval Battle of Cape Matapan, Arctic convoy fighting, rationing on the American home front, and major Allied advances into Germany in 1945.

World War II Today: March 28 includes early Nazi persecution policies, accidental air combat over the Netherlands, the dramatic St. Nazaire Raid, the introduction of area bombing by the RAF, fighting in Burma and Tunisia, and major Allied advances across Germany and Eastern Europe in 1945.

World War II Today: March 27 includes the Yugoslav coup that angered Hitler, the hard-fought British victory at Keren, Japanese espionage in Hawaii, the daring St. Nazaire Raid, naval battles in the Aleutians, and major Allied breakthroughs across Germany in 1945.

World War II Today: March 26 includes Nazi persecution in Austria, the first flight of the Curtiss C-46 Commando, Einsatzgruppen operations in occupied Europe, the struggle to supply Malta, victory at the Mareth Line, and major Allied advances in Germany, the Philippines, and Okinawa in 1945.

World War II Today: March 25 includes U.S. support for Allied aircraft production, Yugoslavia joining the Axis under pressure, the arrival of the B-26 Marauder in combat theaters, convoy battles in the Atlantic, and major Allied offensives across Germany and the Pacific in 1945.

World War II Today: March 24 includes RAF raids on Berlin and Cherbourg, Rommel’s renewed offensive in North Africa, the beginning of deportations to Auschwitz, brutal reprisals in Rome, the end of the Battle of Berlin, and the massive Allied Rhine crossings of 1945.

World War II Today: March 23 includes German wartime resource measures, heavy Luftwaffe attacks on Malta, Japanese expansion across the Pacific, major RAF bombing raids, U.S. victories in Tunisia, resistance activity in Italy, and massive Allied crossings of the Rhine in 1945.

World War II Today: March 22 includes deadly U-boat attacks on neutral shipping, the activation of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, fierce naval combat in the Mediterranean, atrocities in occupied Europe, Allied advances in Tunisia and Germany, and major crossings of the Rhine in 1945.