World War Two History (Part 2)

Events 101 - 200 of 329

• 1942-04-28 "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
• 1942-05-03 Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu & Tanambogo, Solomon Islands during WWII
• 1942-05-05 US begins rationing sugar during WW II

• 1942-05-10 World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign
• 1942-05-18 NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II
• 1942-05-30 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II
• 1942-06-04 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II

• 1942-06-11 US and USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II
• 1942-06-22 Jewish Brigade attached by British Army in WW II, forms
• 1942-06-23 World War II: Germany's latest fighter, a Focke-Wulf FW190 is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales
• 1942-06-25 British RAF stages a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen, Germany (WWII)
• 1942-07-04 1st American bombing missions over Nazi Germany-occupied Europe (WWII)
• 1942-07-18 Test flight of German Messerschmitt Me-262 using only its jet engines for the first time
• 1942-07-23 World War II: Operation Edelweiss (a German plan to gain control over the Caucasus) begins

• 1942-08-19 World War II: Over 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed, wounded or captured raiding Dieppe, France
• 1942-08-21 World War II: German soldiers plant the Nazi flag on Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus
• 1942-08-23 World War II: last cavalry charge in history takes place at Isbushenskij, Russia; the Italian Savoia Cavalleria charges Soviet infantry
• 1942-09-09 1st bombing on continental US soil at Mount Emily, Oregon during WWII by Japanese planes
• 1942-10-12 WWII: US Navy defeats Japanese in Battle of Cape Esperance between Savo Island and Guadalcanal in theSouth Pacific's Solomon Islands
• 1942-10-23 During WWII, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt
• 1942-11-08 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa on the Gold Coast
• 1942-11-11 Germany completes its WWII occupation of France
• 1942-11-12 WWII Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins between Allied and Japanese forces in Solomon Islands
• 1942-11-15 World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219.
• 1942-11-20 NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
• 1942-12-01 With WWII travel restrictions in mind, MLB owners decide to restrict travel to a 3-trip schedule rather than customary 4; Spring training in 1943 limited to locations north of Potomac or Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi
• 1942-12-04 US bombers strike Italian mainland for first time in WW II

• 1943-01-05 Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II

• 1943-01-14 World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, withdrawal of its troops from Guadalcanal
• 1943-01-15 World War II: The Soviets begin a counter-offensive at Voronezh
• 1943-02-02 German 6th Army surrenders after the Battle of Stalingrad in a major turning point in Europe during World War II
• 1943-02-09 Japanese troops evacuate Guadalcanal, ending the epic World War II battle on the Solomon Islands in the Pacific
• 1943-02-14 The Soviet Union recaptures the city of Rostov-on-Don, liberating Russia from the German 17th Army during WWII
• 1943-02-16 World War II: The USSR reconquers Kharkov
• 1943-02-24 Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of WW II
• 1943-03-03 Bethnal Green Tube disaster: 173 die in a stampede sheltering in an air raid, UK's greatest loss of civilian life in WWII (details censored till January 20 1945)
• 1943-03-29 Meat (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's), butter & cheese rationed in US during WW II
• 1943-04-05 Mortsel, Belgium: Allies target Minerva car factory, used for repairing Luftwaffe planes for bombing raid; collateral damage from missed targets kills 936 civilians, Belgium's greatest loss of WWII
• 1943-04-06 British & US armies link up in Africa during WW II
• 1943-05-01 Food rationing begins in the United States during World War II
• 1943-05-17 World War II: the Dambuster Raids by No. 617 Squadron RAF on German dams
• 1943-07-10 US, British and Canadian forces invade Sicily in WW II (Operation Husky)
• 1943-07-12 World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka - Russia defeats German forces in one of the largest ever tank battles
• 1943-07-19 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II
• 1943-07-28 Operation Gomorrah: RAF bombing over Hamburg causes a firestorm that kills 42,600 German civilians
• 1943-08-05 World War II: at around 11 A.M during the Battle of Troina, Mount Etna erupts sending ash and lava miles into the sky
• 1943-08-25 US forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II

• 1943-09-17 World War II: Soviet city of Bryansk is liberated from Nazi control
• 1943-10-01 Allied forces captured Naples during WW II
• 1943-10-26 World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
• 1943-10-31 World War II: F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception.
• 1943-11-16 WW II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway
• 1943-12-03 World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins

• 1944-01-22 Allied forces begin landing at Anzio on the Italian mainland
• 1944-01-29 World War II: About 38 men, women, and children die in the Koniuchy massacre in Poland
• 1944-01-29 World War II: The Battle of Cisterna takes place in central Italy
• 1944-01-30 World War II: United States troops land on Majuro, Marshall Islands
• 1944-02-03 World War II: United States troops capture the Marshall Islands.
• 1944-02-20 World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers
• 1944-02-22 World War II: US Army Air Forces accidentally bomb Dutch town of Nijmegen, around 800 civilians die
• 1944-04-05 World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans

• 1944-06-06 Operation Overlord: D-Day begins as the 156,000-strong Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France, during World War II
• 1944-06-06 World War II: All Major League Baseball games are cancelled in honor of the D-Day landings in northern France
• 1944-06-10 World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia Prefecture, Greece 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops
• 1944-06-19 Day one of the two-day Battle of the Philippine Sea, US naval forces defeat the Japanese fleet in World War II
• 1944-06-30 World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces
• 1944-07-09 In World War II, US troops secure Saipan as Japan falls
• 1944-07-15 Greenwich Royal Observatory in London damaged by WW II flying bomb [1]
• 1944-07-23 US forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II
• 1944-07-25 World War II: Operation Spring - one of Canada's bloodiest days, 18,444 casualties and 5,021 killed

• 1944-09-02 Future US President George H. W. Bush bails from a burning plane during a mission in the Pacific
• 1944-09-12 Noorbeek becomes the first liberated community in the Netherlands during World War II
• 1944-09-17 Operation Market Garden: In the largest airborne operation of WWII, Allied paratroopers land in the Netherlands in a failed attempt to capture the Arnhem bridge over the Rhine
• 1944-09-26 World War II: Battle of Arnhem ends in Allied failure as German forces link up on both sides of the Lower Rhine river and mop up last British resistance
• 1944-10-13 US 1st army begins battle of Aachen, first German city captured during World War II
• 1944-10-18 Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II
• 1944-10-21 World War II: US troops capture Aachen, 1st large German city to fall
• 1944-10-23 Battle of Gulf of Leyte begins - largest naval battle of WWII near the Philippines
• 1944-10-30 Sweden announces intention to stay neutral & refuse sanctuary in WW II
• 1944-10-30 Tholen Island (Netherlands) freed during WWII
• 1944-11-01 World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren in the Netherlands
• 1944-11-19 World War II: U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
• 1944-11-25 World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom, killing 160 shoppers.
• 1944-12-03 Temporary merger of 2 NFL teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Cardinals, dissolves at finish of season; WWII ends before start of 1945 season, so both teams resume normal operations
• 1944-12-31 World War II: Hungary declares war on Germany.
• 1945-01-07 The last surface engagement between Allies and Japanese in the Pacific campaign, World War II
• 1945-01-12 The Soviets begin a large offensive against the Nazis in Eastern Europe

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Birthdays 101 - 184 of 184

• 1910-02-10 Dominique Pire, Belgian Dominican friar (1958 Nobel Peace Prize for aiding WW II refugees), born in Dinant, Belgium (d. 1969)
• 1910-02-21 Douglas Bader, British pilot and WWII flying ace during WWII, born in London, England (d. 1982)
• 1910-05-05 William I. Martin, American pilot (early testing of all-weather and night flying techniques) and vice-admiral, born in Ava, Missouri (d. 1996) [1]
• 1910-07-04 Francis D. Foley, US Rear Admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal), born in Dorchester, Massachusetts (d. 1999)
• 1910-07-28 Clive Caldwell, Australian fighter pilot who shot down 28.5 aircraft during WWII, born in Lewisham, Australia (d. 1994)
• 1910-08-29 Georges Loinger, French resistance fighter (WWII), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 2018)

• 1910-12-09 Stephen Jurika, American naval officer (WWII Doolittle raid over Tokyo), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
• 1911-02-09 William Darby, American WWII Army officer (d. 1945)
• 1911-05-28 Jean-Pierre Levy, French resistance leader during WWII, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1996)
• 1911-07-08 Ken Farnes, English cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 60 wickets, BB 6/96; Essex CCC, Cambridge University CC), born in Leytonstone, England (d. 1941)
• 1911-08-01 Ronald MacDonald, British major-general (WWII), born in Quetta, British India (d. 2005)
• 1911-09-29 Reginald Victor Jones, British scientist who worked in military intelligence in WWII, born in London, England (d. 1997)

• 1912-03-22 Henri Rousselot, French admiral (submarine commander during WWII), born in Lorraine, France (d. 1994)
• 1912-03-30 Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 45 wickets; Auckland CA) and umpire (3 Tests 1956–59), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1994)
• 1912-04-28 Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WWII), born in Amiens, France (d. 1995)
• 1912-07-18 Henry Louis Miller, American Rear Admiral (WW II-Pacific), born in Fairbanks, Alaska (d. 1993)
• 1912-08-04 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10,000s of Jews), born in Lidingö Municipality, Sweden (d. 1947)
• 1912-08-30 Nancy Wake, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent (Special Operations Executive), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2011)

• 1913-06-28 Walter Oesau, German fighter pilot (WWII), born in Farnewinkel, Germany (d. 1944)
• 1913-11-28 Hugo Pos, Surinamese-Dutch poet and writer, born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 2000)
• 1914-01-01 Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and British Special Operations Executive agent in WWII posthumously awarded the George Cross, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1944)
• 1914-02-17 Wayne Morris, American actor and decorated WWII pilot (Paths of Glory, The Bushwackers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1959)
• 1914-03-26 Ian McGeoch, Scottish Vice-Admiral with Royal Navy (submarine HMS Splendid WWII), born in Helensburgh, Scotland (d. 2007)
• 1914-05-28 W. G. G. Duncan Smith, British WWII flying ace, born in Madras, British India (d. 1996)
• 1914-06-24 Pearl Witherington, British WW II secret agent for the Special Operations Executive, born in Paris, France (d. 2008)
• 1914-11-09 Colin Falkland Gray, New Zealand fighter ace of the Second World War, born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1995)
• 1914-12-09 Max Manus, Norwegian resistance fighter and author who specialized in sabotage during World War II, born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1996)
• 1915-01-29 Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet (wrote about social issues and nonsense verse for children), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2002)
• 1915-03-23 Vasily Zaitsev, Soviet World War II hero (d. 1991)
• 1915-04-03 Paul Touvier, French Nazi collaborator in World War II called the "Hangman of Lyon" and convicted war criminal, born in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jabron, France (d. 1996)
• 1915-07-11 Colin Kelly, American B-17 Flying Fortress pilot and 1st US air hero during WW II, born in Madison, Florida (d. 1941)
• 1915-10-11 Florence Finch, Filipino-American war hero who fought against the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, born in Santiago, Philippines (d. 2016) [1]
• 1915-11-25 Ron Hamence, Australian cricketer (Australian batsman post-WWII), born in Hindmarsh, Australia (d. 2010)
• 1915-12-13 Yitzhak Zuckerman [Itzhak Zuckerman], Jewish resistance hero in World War II and one of the few survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, born in Vilnius, Lithuania (d. 1981)
• 1916-01-09 Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker, born in Streatham, London (d. 2004)
• 1916-02-26 Ross Gregory, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests, 2 x 50; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1942)
• 1916-04-22 Yvette Lundy, French resistance fighter during WWII, born in Oger, France (d. 2019)
• 1916-07-02 Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot, the highest-decorated German soldier of WWII, founder of South American Nazi relief organization, and military consultant, born in Konradswaldau, German Empire (d. 1982)
• 1916-07-04 Tokyo Rose [Iva Toguri D'Aquino], American-born Japanese propagandist (WWII), born in Los Angeles (d. 2006)

• 1916-07-19 James D. Ramage, American Naval Aviator in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War, born in Waterloo, Iowa (d. 2012)
• 1916-08-25 Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, born in Saga District, Japan (d. 2000)
• 1916-11-05 Len Wilkinson, English cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 7 wickets; Lancashire CCC), born in Northwich, England (d. 2002)
• 1916-11-20 Ferdinand Alphons Marie van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter, born in Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1944)
• 1917-01-26 Louis Zamperini, American World War II veteran whose story of capture by the Japanese inspired the movie "Unbroken", born in Olean, New York (d. 2014)
• 1917-03-10 Frank Perconte, American sergeant from Easy Company during WWII (portrayed in Band of Brothers), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2013)
• 1917-07-27 John Cunningham, British Royal Air Force night fighter ace (WW II), born in Croydon, Surrey, England (d. 2002)
• 1917-12-14 Wilf Ferguson, West Indian cricket leg-spinner (West Indian of post-WWII years), born in Longdenville, Trinidad (d. 1961)
• 1918-04-23 Gordon Hirabayshi, American civil rights activist and WWII internment opponent (Hirabayshi v. United States), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2012)
• 1918-05-10 George Welch, American World War II flying ace (Medal of Honor nominee) and test pilot, born in Wawaset Park, Delaware (d. 1954)
• 1918-06-13 Helmut Lent, German night-fighter ace in World War II, born in Pyrehne, Landsberg (d. 1944)
• 1918-09-11 Donald Blakeslee, American aviator who led 4th Fighter Group during World War II, born in Fairport Harbor, Ohio (d. 2008)
• 1918-09-30 Lewis Nixon, American WWII soldier (depicted in "Band of Brothers), born in New York City (d. 1996)
• 1918-11-18 Tasker Watkins, Welsh World War II hero, born in Nelson, Wales (d. 2007)
• 1919-04-05 Les Munro, New Zealand WWII pilot (Dambusters Raid), born in Gisbourne New Zealand (d. 2015)
• 1919-04-15 Clive Beadon, British RAF Wing Commander and pilot (WWII), born in Conoor near Poona, India (d. 1996)
• 1919-10-14 Edward L. Feightner, American rear-admiral and WWII flying ace (Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands), born in Lima, Ohio (d. 2020)
• 1919-12-13 Hans-Joachim Marseille, German flying ace of World War II (d. 1942)
• 1920-01-30 Carwood Lipton, American WWII veteran, born in Huntingon, West Virginia (d. 2001)
• 1920-12-24 Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine, born in Berdyansk, Ukraine (d. 1944)

• 1921-02-28 Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (d. 2006)
• 1921-03-02 Norman T. Hatch, American oscar-winning marine cinematographer during WWII (With the Marines at Tarawa), born in Boston (d. 2017)
• 1921-06-26 Violette Szabo, French WWII secret agent, born in Paris, France (d. 1945)
• 1921-07-09 Jacob J. Hage, Dutch farmer and WW II resistance fighter, born in St. Maartensdijk, Netherlands (d. 1944)
• 1921-10-29 Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers (Pulitzer-1945, 59), born in Mountain Park, New Mexico (d. 2003)
• 1922-04-19 Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot (downed 352 Russian aircraft), born in Weissach, Württemberg, Weimar Republic (d. 1993)
• 1922-04-23 Boy Ecury [Segundo Jorge Adelberto Ecury], member of the Dutch Resistance in World War II, born in Oranjestad, Aruba (d. 1944)
• 1922-06-16 Frances Rafferty, American WWII pin-up girl, dancer and actress (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 2004)
• 1922-07-14 Robin Olds, American fighter pilot, flying ace in WWII and the Vietnam War, born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 2007)
• 1922-12-12 Arthur R. Hawkins, American naval aviator and flying ace (WW II, downed 14 Japanese planes), born in Zavalla, Texas (d. 2004)
• 1923-02-05 Doris Bohrer [Sharrar], American WWII spy, born in Basin, Wyoming (d. 2016)
• 1923-04-28 William Guarnere, American WWII veteran and author, portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
• 1923-07-03 Sue Ryder, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw & Cavendish, British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England (d. 2000)
• 1923-07-28 Kent Lee, American vice-admiral (WW II-Marianas, Korea and Vietnam), born in Florence County, South Carolina (d. 2017)
• 1924-04-12 Julius Moormann, Dutch student and resistance fighter (WWII), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1944)
• 1924-05-14 Sonia d’Artois, British Canadian WWII resistance agent, born in Eastchurch, Kent (d. 2014)
• 1925-06-20 Audie Murphy, American soldier who was among the most decorated in WW II with 33 medals and actor (To Hell and Back, Whispering Smiths), born in Kingston, Texas (d. 1971)
• 1927-01-14 Zuzana Ruzickova, Czech harpsichordist and Holocaust survivor, born in Bohemia, Czech Republic (d. 2017)
• 1931-02-10 Thomas Bernhard, Austrian novelist, playwright and poet whose work some describe as "the most significant literary achievement since World War II", born in Heerlen, Netherlands (d. 1989)

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Deaths 101 - 200 of 210

• 1970-05-12 Wladyslaw Anders, Polish army general (WWI and WWII), and politician (Parliament-in exile), dies at 78

• 1971-05-28 Audie Murphy, American soldier who was among the most decorated in WW II with 33 medals and actor (To Hell and Back, Whispering Smiths), killed in a plane crash at 46
• 1971-08-17 Wilhelm List, German field marshal during WWII, convicted of war crimes, dies at 91
• 1972-01-03 Frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82
• 1972-03-30 Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator famous for his WWII sign-on "There's good news tonight", dies of pneumonia at 81
• 1973-06-08 Gerald F. Bogan, U.S. Navy aviator and vice admiral who served in World War I & II, dies at 78

• 1974-07-14 Carl Spaatz, American World War II general and 1st Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, dies at 83

• 1974-12-06 Nikolay Kuznetsov, Russian naval commander (Admiral of the Fleet during World War II), dies at 70
• 1975-01-02 Theo Osterkamp, German fighter pilot, dies at 82

• 1976-10-09 Walter Warlimont, German military officer (WW - 2nd Lieutenant inI; WWII General), and convicted war criminal, dies at 82
• 1977-07-21 Lee Miller, American photographer (War correspondent for Vogue in WWII), dies at 70
• 1978-01-22 Oliver Leese, British World War II general, dies at 83
• 1978-02-09 Herbert Kappler, German head of Nazi police and security services (SS) in Rome during WWII and war criminal responsible for the Ardeatine massacre, dies at 70
• 1978-04-16 Lucius du Bignon Clay, American WWII general and military governor of West Germany, dies at 80
• 1978-09-24 Hasso von Manteuffel, German WWII general (5th Panzer Army) and politician, dies at 81
• 1978-10-10 Gesina Van der Molen, Dutch WWII resistance fighter/lawyer, dies at 86
• 1980-02-17 Graham Sutherland, English artist (official WWII war artist), dies at 76

• 1981-04-15 John Thach, American WWII naval aviator (developed the Thach Weave) & USN admiral, dies at 75
• 1981-06-17 Yitzhak Zuckerman [Itzhak Zuckerman], Jewish resistance hero in World War II and one of the few survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, dies at 65
• 1981-07-12 Ben Seijes, historian (WWII), dies at 73
• 1982-01-19 Leopold Trepper, Polish-Israeli spy (founded CP Palestina), dies at 77
• 1982-05-14 Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister who unsuccessfully attempted to establish a Belgian government in London during World War II, dies at 80
• 1982-07-08 Virginia Hall [Goillot], American spy with British Special Operations during WWII (1940-66), dies at 76
• 1982-09-05 Douglas Bader, English RAF fighter pilot in World War II, dies at 72
• 1982-09-10 Max Winders, Belgian architect (WWII), responsible for bringing the Belgian gold stock, dies at 100
• 1982-12-18 Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot, the highest-decorated German soldier of WWII, founder of South American Nazi relief organization, and military consultant, dies after a series of strokes at 66
• 1983-12-11 Neil Ritchie, British General (commanded British Eighth Army in North Africa in WWII), dies at 86
• 1987-04-08 Francis Denebrink, US Admiral(WW I, WW II - commanded the Brooklyn, Korea), dies at 90 [1]
• 1987-04-19 Maxwell D. Taylor, American army general, (WWII Commander 101st airborne), Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff 1962-64), dies at 85
• 1987-08-06 Ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WWII), dies at 91
• 1987-10-25 Cecil Brown, American CBS war correspondent who worked closely with Edward R. Murrow during World War II, dies at 80
• 1987-11-26 Thomas G Lanphier Jr, US WW II pilot, dies at 71

• 1988-06-25 Axis Sally [Mildred E Gillars], US nazi propagandist (WWII), dies
• 1989-02-12 Thomas Bernhard, Austrian novelist, playwright and poet whose work some describe as "the most significant literary achievement since World War II", dies at 58
• 1989-11-25 Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. 1907)
• 1990-02-07 Alfredo M. Santos, Philippine's first four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, World War II hero (b. 1905)

• 1990-10-11 Douglas Edwards, American newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI), dies of cancer at 73
• 1990-11-14 Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist, critic and spy (Observer of Life), dies at 87
• 1992-04-30 Daan van Driel, Dutch cartoonist/WWII resist fighter (Trouw), dies
• 1993-01-25 Henry Louis Miller, American Rear Admiral (WW II-Pacific), dies at 80
• 1993-02-08 Paul Brickhill, Dutch-American WW II pilot and physician, dies
• 1993-02-28 Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies
• 1993-07-11 Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WWII), dies at about 83
• 1993-07-21 Henk Kersting, Dutch journalist (bureau chef Associated Press), dies at 88
• 1993-09-20 Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot (downed 352 Russian aircraft), dies at 71
• 1993-12-20 W Edwards Deming, US economist (helped Japan after WW II), dies at 93
• 1994-08-23 Henri Rousselot, French admiral (submarine commander WWII), dies at 82
• 1995-03-13 Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WWII), dies at 82
• 1995-05-17 Paul D. Stoop, American vice-admiral (WW II-Coral Sea), dies at 90
• 1995-08-02 Colin Falkland Gray, New Zealand fighter ace of the Second World War, dies at 80
• 1995-08-29 Harry Broadhurst, British Royal Air Force commander and flying ace of the Second World War, dies at 89
• 1996-04-14 James Sargent Russell, US pilot and admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean), dies at 93
• 1996-07-17 Paul Touvier, French Nazi collaborator in World War II called the "Hangman of Lyon" and convicted war criminal, dies of prostate cancer at 81
• 1996-09-14 Clive Beadon, British RAF Wing Commander and pilot (WWII), dies at 77
• 1996-09-20 Max Manus, Norwegian resistance fighter and author who specialized in sabotage during World War II, dies at 81
• 1996-12-11 W. G. G. Duncan-Smith, British WWII fighter pilot, dies at 82
• 1996-12-16 Jean-Pierre Levy, French resistance leader during WWII, dies at 85
• 1997-05-31 Rosie Will Monroe, American WW II icon (Rosie the riveter), dies at 76
• 1997-09-22 Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese WW II fighter (surrendered in 1972), dies at 82
• 1997-12-06 Eddie Myers, British WWII soldier and engineer, dies at 91
• 1997-12-17 Reginald Victor Jones, British scientist who worked in military intelligence in WWII, dies at 86

• 1999-11-08 Francis D. Foley, American Rear Admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal), dies at 89
• 2000-07-12 Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II, dies at 98
• 2000-09-22 Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, dies at 84
• 2000-11-02 Sue Ryder, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw & Cavendish, British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, dies at 76
• 2001-07-26 Rex Barber, American WWII aviator (b. 1917)
• 2002-07-21 John Cunningham, British Royal Air Force night fighter ace (WW II), dies at 84
• 2002-09-03 Len Wilkinson, English cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 7 wickets; Lancashire CCC), dies at 85
• 2003-01-22 Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers (Pulitzer-1945, 59), dies of Alzheimer's disease and a bathtub scalding at 81
• 2003-12-31 Arthur R. von Hippel German physicist (pioneer in the study of dielectrics, ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials, and semiconductors and was a codeveloper of radar during World War II), dies at 105
• 2004-04-18 Frances Rafferty, American WWII pin-up girl, dancer and actress (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood), dies at 81
• 2005-07-28 Ronald MacDonald, British major-general (WWII), dies at 93
• 2006-03-22 Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
• 2006-06-25 Jaap Penraat, Dutch architect and WWII resistance fighter, dies at 88
• 2006-06-28 George Unwin, British WWII fighter ace (b. 1913)
• 2006-09-26 Tokyo Rose [Iva Toguri D'Aquino], American-born Japanese propagandist (WWII), dies at 90
• 2006-11-12 General Jacob E. Smart, US Air Force leader World War II (b. 1909)
• 2007-01-02 Mauno Jokipii, Finnish professor & World War II researcher, dies at 82
• 2007-08-12 Ian McGeoch, Scottish Vice-Admiral with Royal Navy (submarine HMS Splendid WWII), dies at 93
• 2007-10-11 David Lee "Tex" Hill, World War Two fighter pilot, flying ace, 1st American Volunteer Group (b. 1915)
• 2008-05-12 Irena Sendler [née Krzyżanowska], Polish nurse, social worker, and WWII heroine who helped smuggle Jewish ghetto children to safety, dies at 98 [1]
• 2008-06-16 Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian writer, World War II veteran and Nazi concentration camp survivor (b. 1921)
• 2008-09-03 Donald Blakeslee, American aviator who led 4th Fighter Group during World War II, dies at 90
• 2009-06-17 Darrell Powers, American World War II veteran of the United States 101st Airborne Division. (b. 1923)
• 2010-04-08 Jack Agnew, American World War II veteran (b. 1922)
• 2010-12-23 Fred Hargesheimer, American World War II pilot (b. 1916)
• 2011-08-07 Nancy Wake, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent (Special Operations Executive), dies at 98
• 2012-01-02 Gordon Hirabayashi, American sociologist & opponent to Japanese-American internment, dies after Alzheimer's disease at 93
• 2012-07-21 James D. Ramage, American Naval Aviator in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War, dies at 96
• 2014-03-08 William Guarnere, American WWII veteran and author, portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, dies at 90
• 2014-07-02 Louis Zamperini, American World War II veteran whose story of capture by the Japanese inspired the movie "Unbroken", dies at 97

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