World War II Day by Day: 1939

World War II Day by Day, 1939 – 1945

NOVEMBER 1945 VARGA GIRL (12 K)
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This is a work in progress. We are currently generating the monthly templates for the years 1939 – 1945. Please feel free to send any additions to a particular day's record, or material for days showing no information, to the Webmaster. Of course, anyone who wishes to assist with this project can create templates for any month after September 1939 by simply grabbing the source of the September 1939 page and modifying the underlying JavaScript and calendar data. To assist in this effort, use this JavaScript Perpetual Calendar or the Select-a-Calendar to view calendars for the months and years required. Thanks in advance to any "trooper" who takes me up on this offer! (The only reward I can offer is a mention on the Credits Page. Check this page in the future for some great images of wartime calendars combined with a month by month chronology of the war years! [ At left is a sample of what's in store, a page from a 1945 Varga Girl calendar. ]

September 1939 German infantry engage the Poles [ 1 Sep ]	October 1939	November 1939	December 1939
January 1940	February 1940	March 1940	April 1940
May 1940	June 1940 A Frenchman weeps as the Nazis enter Paris [ 14 Jun ]	July 1940	August 1940
September 1940 German blitz against Britain begins [ 7 Sep ]	October 1940	November 1940	December 1940
January 1941	February 1941	March 1941	April 1941
May 1941	June 1941	July 1941	August 1941
September 1941	October 1941	November 1941	December 1941 USS Shaw explodes at Pearl Harbor [ 7 Dec ]
January 1942	February 1942	March 1942	April 1942 B-25s take off to raid Tokyo [ 18 Apr ]
May 1942 U.S. wins Battle of the Coral Sea [ 11 May ]	June 1942	July 1942	August 1942
September 1942	October 1942	November 1942	December 1942
January 1943	February 1943	March 1943	April 1943
May 1943	June 1943	July 1943	August 1943
September 1943	October 1943	November 1943	December 1943
January 1944	February 1944	March 1944 B-17s high over German targets [ 18 Mar ]	April 1944
May 1944	June 1944	July 1944	August 1944
September 1944	October 1944	November 1944	December 1944
January 1945	February 1945 U.S. Marines capture Iwo Jima [ 19 Feb ]	March 1945	April 1945
May 1945 Germany surrenders at Reims [ 7 May ]	June 1945	July 1945	August 1945 News of V-J Day Hits Home [ 14 Aug ]
September 1945	October 1945	November 1945	December 1945