World War II Database

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11 Nov 2025
Plaques Commemorating African-American Soldiers Removed From US Military Cemetery ww2db.com/news.php?news_id=2…

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17 Jan 2025
Today in WW2 History, 17 Jan 1938: Koki Hirota messaged other diplomats about Japanese brutality in Nanjing. #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3QHaJPp

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Today in WW2 History, 17 Jan 1885: Nikolaus Jastrzembski, future general Falkenhorst, was born #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3SjQUQa

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1966: Courtney Hodges, former general, passed away #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/4202YZY

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1950: Gustav Krupp, former armament industrialist, passed away #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/43ZdC2B

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1945: [Photo] M8 armored car in Noville, Belgium #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3S4zxkS

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1945: [Photo] Haikou, Hainan Island, China under USS Ticonderoga aerial attack #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3O56pZN

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1945: US First and Third Armies linked up near Houffalize, Belgium. #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3RqOTzR

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1944: Report on US Acquiescence in the Murder of the Jews was delivered to Roosevelt. #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3O20vbG

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1944: Americans repulsed the last Japanese counterattack on New Britain. #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/43Z9mQJ

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1943: [Photo] T-34 and infantry of Soviet 12th Armored Corps in Rossosh, Russia #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3Si9ecm

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1942: [Photo] Germans in Demyansk Pocket unloading supplies from a Ju 52 #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3RYGunv

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1942: British and Japanese troops engaged in the first major clash in Burma. #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/4awc6JG

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1941: 80 German Stuka dive bombers attacked Valletta Harbor, Malta. #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3D4MrIB

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1941: French troops launched a successful counterattack against Thai troops in Cambodia. #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3tLmCw8

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1940: Kichisaburo Nomura stepped down as Foreign Minister of Japan. #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3RO1K0E

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Today in WW2 History, 16 Jan 1908: Günther Prien, future submarine captain, was born #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3U2hb6F

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Today in WW2 History, 15 Jan 1968: Hein ter Poorten, former general, passed away #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3O30UdY

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Today in WW2 History, 15 Jan 1951: Ilse Koch was found guilty #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/48zOW3F

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Today in WW2 History, 15 Jan 1950: Henry Arnold, former general, passed away #ww2 #onthisday buff.ly/3vDYP1R

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