World War II Database

Birth of Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1872
Birth of Emil Hácha, 1872
Death of Benjamin (Sr.) Davis, 1877
Birth of Erik Scavenius, 1877
Birth of James Somerville, 1882
Birth of Alan Brooke, 1883
Birth of Benito Mussolini, 1883
Birth of Hideki Tojo, 1884
Birth of Raymond Spruance, 1886
Birth of Theodore Morell, 1886
Birth of Vidkun Quisling, 1887
Birth of Mamoru Shigemitsu, 1887
Birth of Mitsuru Ushijima, 1887
Birth of Ante Pavelić, 1889
Birth of Arthur Tedder, 1890
Birth of George II, 1890
Birth of Eduard Dietl, 1890
Birth of Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, 1892
Birth of Trafford Leigh-Mallory, 1892
Birth of Arthur Seyß-Inquart, 1892
Birth of Haile Selassie, 1892
Birth of Daniel Callahan, 1892
Birth of Pavel Sukhoi, 1895
Birth of Albert Wedemeyer, 1896
Birth of Plaek Pibulsonggram, 1897
Birth of Anthony McAuliffe, 1898
Birth of Donald Gary, 1901
Birth of Takeichi Nishi, 1902
Birth of Werner Best, 1903
Birth of Dudley Morton, 1907
Birth of Gerald Ford, 1913
Birth of Iva Toguri, 1916
Birth of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, 1916
Maiden Flight of Aircraft G3M, 1935
Maiden Flight of Aircraft B-17 Flying Fortress, 1935
Spanish Civil War, the, 1936
Commission of the Ship Sunfish, 1937
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Do 24, 1937
China Entered WW2, 1937
Japan Entered WW2, 1937
Second Battle of Hebei/Lugou Bridge Incident, 1937
Commission of the Ship Alfredo Oriani, 1937
Maiden Flight of Aircraft BV 138 Seedrache, 1937
Maiden Flight of Aircraft CR.25, 1937
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Fw 200 Condor, 1937
Maiden Flight of Aircraft L-14 Super Electra, 1937
Commission of the Ship Chitose, 1938
Commission of the Ship Hiryu, 1939
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Beaufighter, 1939
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Manchester, 1939
Battle of Mers-el-Kébir, 1940
Commission of the Ship Tautog, 1940
Sinking of the Ship Bretagne, 1940
Battles at Dakar, 1940
Battle of Britain, 1940
Commission of the Ship Richelieu, 1940
Commission of the Ship Biscayne, 1941
Commission of the Ship Kashii, 1941
Indochina Campaign, 1941
Battle of Sevastopol, 1941
Americans Entered the Battle of the Atlantic, 1941
Maiden Flight of Aircraft A-26 Invader, 1942
Commission of the Ship Bombardiere, 1942
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Me 262 Schwalbe, 1942
New Guinea Campaign, 1942
Sinking of the Ship Aoba, 1942
Death of Hans-Günther Kuhlmann, 1942
Sinking of the Ship U-166, 1942
Sinking of the Ship Grunion, 1942
Raid on Gorkiy, 1943
Battle of Kursk, 1943
Death of Władysław Sikorski, 1943
Sinking of the Ship Nagatsuki, 1943
Commission of the Ship Casablanca, 1943
Invasion of Sicily and Italy's Surrender, 1943
Sinking of the Ship Jintsu, 1943
Commission of the Ship Apogon, 1943
Commission of the Ship Ameer, 1943
Commission of the Ship Canfield, 1943
Sinking of the Ship Nisshin, 1943
Commission of the Ship Charles J. Badger, 1943
Commission of the Ship Cabot, 1943
Commission of the Ship Cotten, 1943
Sinking of the Ship I-68 / I-168, 1943
Maiden Flight of Aircraft Ar 234 Blitz, 1943
Commission of the Ship Young, 1943
Battle of Imphal-Kohima, 1944
Normandy Campaign, Phase 1, 1944
Battle of Tali-Ihantala, 1944
Death of Chuichi Nagumo, 1944
July Plot, 1944
Sinking of the Ship Dragon, 1944
Death of Claus von Stauffenberg, 1944
Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust, 1944
Normandy Campaign, Phase 2, 1944
Pacific Strategy Conference, 1944
Death of John Curtin, 1945
Preparations for Invasion of Japan, 1945
Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project, 1945
Potsdam Conference, 1945
Commission of the Ship I-402, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Kaiyo, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Tone, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Haruna, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Hyuga, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Ise, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Oyodo, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Amagi, 1945
Sinking of the Ship Indianapolis, 1945
Death of Dragoljub Mihailović, 1946
Death of Aung San, 1947
Death of Mackenzie King, 1950
Death of Philippe Pétain, 1951
Death of Robert Taft, 1953
Death of Cordell Hull, 1955
Death of Claire Chennault, 1958
Birth of William Leahy, 1959
Death of Albert Kesselring, 1960
Death of Bernard Freyberg, 1963
Death of Alexander von Falkenhausen, 1966
Death of Alfried Krupp, 1967
Death of Leslie Groves, 1970
Death of Carl Spaatz, 1974
Death of Otto Skorzeny, 1975
Death of Kurt Student, 1978
Death of Charlotte, 1985
Death of W. Averell Harriman, 1986
Death of Stephen Jurika, 1993
Death of Bảo Đại, 1997
Death of Benjamin (Jr.) Davis, 2002