Today In World War II
Every day I cover what happened on that day during World War II. I put what happened in context with the causes and outcomes of the war. Every day is a piece to the overall puzzle of the war. I like to tell stories of the little things that happened, that are hardly covered in my histories about World War II.
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Episodes
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Today In World Two - April 13 - The 2nd Battle Of Narvik takes place; Rommel's offensive pushes Brits back towards Tobruk; P-47 makes its operational debut in European Theater; Soviets take Vienna; Operation Market Garden ends 6 months too late. Enjoy!
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Today In World Two - April 14 - German paratroopers drop on Norwegian regiment and suffer heavy casualties; Heroic Brit soldier wins VC in North Africa; US destroyer sinks 1st Uboat of the war; HMS Upholder sunk; Stalin's son dies in German captivity Enjoy!
Saturday Mar 22, 2025
Saturday Mar 22, 2025
Today In World Two - April 15 - More Brits land in Norway; Sarajevo falls to the Germans; King George awards Malta the George Cross; Gustav Line crumbles; Colditz Caste liberated; Field Marshall Model has a heart. Enjoy!
Saturday Mar 22, 2025
Saturday Mar 22, 2025
Today In World Two - April 16 - Iceland declares independence from Denmark; the first lend lease shipment arrives in Britain; major victory for the Royal Navy off of North Africa; the Italian Navy gets a rare victory over the Royal Navy; the Soviets start their assault on Berlin; Colditz castle is liberated.Enjoy!
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Today In World Two - April 17 - HMS Suffolk suffers heavy damage off of Norway; French General Henri Giraud escapes from German captivity; Nimitz agrees with Rochefort about next Japanese target being Port Moresby; Poles call for international investigation of murdered Polish officers by Soviet Union; Germans abandon Holland Enjoy!
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Today In World Two - April 18 - Otto Kretschmer's U-99 is commissioned; ME-262 prototype is flown; Doolittle raid hits Japan; Palm Sunday Massacre takes place; Yamamoto is shot down and killed; Monte Cassini is taken, Ernie Pyle is killed near Okinawa; 300,000 German troops surrender in Ruhr Pocket. Enjoy!
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Today In World Two - April 19 - Japan tells US they have no intentions to attack Dutch East Indies; French poop the bed in Norway; Major commando raid in Libya; Doolittle awarded Medal of Honor; only attempt to interdict death trains to Auschwitz; Jews in Warsaw Ghetto rise up; Royal Navy attacks Dutch East Indies; Soviets & Poles win key battle before Berlin. Enjoy!
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Today In World Two - April 20 - RAF sends Biplanes to Norway; Allies unofficial top ace shot down and killed in Greece; Germans immediately destroy 48 new Spitfires; RAF & Soviets ruin Hitler's B-Day; French beat the American army to Stuttgart. Enjoy!
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Today In World Two - April 21 - First American serviceman of the war is killed; Greece surrenders; Butch O'Hare wins the Medal of Honor; Stalin issues Death To Spies decree; Charles de Gaulle gives all French woman the right to vote; Soviet infantry reaches Berlin; Bomber Harris bombs Berlin one last time. . Enjoy!
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Today In World Two - April 22 - British retreat in Norway; Final Allied offensive begins in Tunisia; US Sixth Army lands at Hollandia New Guinea; Hitler invites Goebbels and his family to stay in the bunker; Hitler admits the war is lost; French army reaches Swiss border; Stalin's son arrests his commanding officer, who wouldn't promote him. Enjoy!