Chronology of World War II

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1993

January 3
  • In Dresden, Germany, reconstruction of the Frauenkirche church begins. The church had collapsed during bombing in 1945. (Reconstruction is completed in 2004.) [68.3] [461.8]
January 14
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Casablanca Conference. [342.660]
February 16
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Kharkov. [342.660]
March 3
  • Marshall Islands issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Bismarck Sea. [342.660]
March 25
  • Russia issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk. [343.642]
March 26
  • Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Arsenal. [343.320]
April 7
  • Australia issues four postage stamps depicting World War II ships. [306.514]
April 18
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the interception of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. [342.660]
April 19
  • Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. [343.320]
  • The Solomon Islands issues four postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of World War II. [282.9]
April 23
  • Tuvalu issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of World War II in the Pacific. [282.660]
April 27
  • Gibraltar issues four postage stamps depicting World War II warships. [341.261]
May 25
  • Greece issues two postage stamps in remembrance of Greek fighting in the war. [341.388]
May 31
  • The United States issues ten postage stamps marking World War II in 1943. [306.76]
(month unknown)
  • The United States Mint issues three collector coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of World War II. The coins are: $5 gold, $1 silver, and 50c copper-nickel. [254.5]
June 18
  • France issues two postage stamps honoring the martyrs and heroes of the resistance during the war. [340.1096

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June 30
  • Vanautu issues five postage stamps depicting planes of World War II operated by the New Hebrides. [282.790]
(month unknown)
  • The Paris Mint in France issues a silver one-franc coin commemorating the 50th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 landings in Normandy. [255.29] [285.7]
July 5
  • Marshall Islands issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk. [342.660]
July 10
  • Marshall Islands issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Italy. [342.662]
August 17
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Allied bomber raid on Schweinfurt, Germany. [342.662]
September 9
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of liberation of Corsica. [340.1097]
September 23
  • Palau issues ten postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of World War II in the Pacific. [343.35]
September 25
  • Italy issues three postage stamps depicting World War II events of 1943. [341.1061]
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Smolensk. [342.662]
October 18
  • Guyana issues 32 postage stamps depicting World War II. [341.554]
November 1
  • Kiribati issues twenty postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the Gilbert Islands. [342.147]
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Allied landings at Bougainville, France. [342.662]
November 8
  • Canada issues four postage stamps depicting Canada's contribution to World War II in 1943. [340.83]
November 20
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Tarawa. [342.662]
December 1
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Teheran Conference. [342.662]
December 26
  • Marshall Islands issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of North Cape. [342.662]

1994

January 16
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the SHAEF Commander Eisenhower. [342.662]
January 22
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Anzio, Italy. [342.662]
January 26
  • Guinea issues twelve postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day Normandy landings. [341.511]
January 27
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad. [342.662]
February 4
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of liberation. [342.662]
February 17
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Japanese defeat at Truk. [342.662]
February 20
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the "Big Week", the American bombing of Germany. [342.662]
April 9
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the resistance of the Maquis. [340.1098]
April 21
  • Wallis and Futuna Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Paris, France. [282.928]
April 26
  • Russia issues three postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. [343.643]
May 18
  • Italy issues three postage stamps depicting World War II events of 1944. [341.1061]
  • Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino. [343.321]
May
  • Palau issues twenty postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of World War II in the Pacific. [343.36]
June 4
  • France issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings, and the liberation of Paris. [340.1098]
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Rome, Italy. [342.662]
June 6
  • Gibraltar issues four postage stamps depicting World War II warships. [341.261]
  • Great Britain issues five postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. [341.295]
  • Jersey issues six postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. [341.341]
  • Isle of Man issues eight postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. [341.355]
  • Guernsey issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. [341.326]
  • Mali issues fifteen postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. [342.615]
  • Marshall Islands issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. [342.662]
  • The United States issues ten postage stamps marking World War II in 1944. [306.78]
June 13
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of V-1 flying bombs striking England. [342.662]
June 15
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of American Marines landing on Saipan. [342.662]
June 19
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Philippine Sea. [342.662]
June 20
  • Guyana issues 24 postage stamps depicting World War II. [341.556]
(month unknown)
  • Malagasy issues six postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe. [342.517]
July 3
  • Belarus issues three postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Soviet areas. [306.667]
July 4
  • Ghana issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. [341.241]
July 11
  • Sierra Leone issues three postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. [343.986]
July
  • Canadian Major-General Roland Reid unveils a plaque in Caen, France, on behalf of the Canadian Battle of Normandy Foundation, commemorating the liberation of the city by Canadian forces in 1944. [3.2]
July 19
  • St. Vincent issues three postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of D-Day landings in Normandy. [343.784]
July 20
  • The Federal Republic of Germany issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. [341.118]
July 21
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Guam, Philippines. [342.662]
July 26
  • Dominica issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. [340.760]
August 1
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw uprising in Poland. [342.662]
  • Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw uprising. [343.322]
August 4
  • Antigua & Barbuda issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe. [306.382]
  • Grenada issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe. [341.430]
  • Grenada Grenadines issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe. [341.462]
August 8
  • Maldives issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe. [342.592]
August 11
  • Uganda issues three postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe. [282.683]
August 13
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Allied landings in Provence. [340.1098]
August 15
  • Netherlands issues two postage stamps depicting the war in the Dutch East Indies, and Operation Market Garden. [342.1006]
August 25
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Paris. [342.662]
August 27
  • Slovakia issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the Slovak uprising. [343.1021]
September 5
  • Belgium issues a stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Belgium. [306.709]
September 15
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the American Marines landing on Peliliu. [342.662]
  • Philippines issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of American landings at Leyte Gulf. [343.240]
September 19
  • Luxembourg issues a 14-franc postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of liberation from German occupation. [728.562]
September 26
  • Nicaragua issues six postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. [342.1164]
October 8
  • Ukraine issues three postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Soviet areas. [282.696]
October 20
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the return of General MacArthur to the Philippines. [342.662]
October 24
  • Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. [342.662]
October 25
  • Central African Republic issues six postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. [340.141]
(month unknown)
  • Philippines issues six postage stamps depicting Philippine guerilla units during the war. [343.241]
November 7
  • Canada issues four postage stamps depicting Canada's contribution to World War II in 1944. [340.83]
November 12
  • Marshall Islands issues two postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Tirpitz. [342.662]
December 12
  • Tanzania issues postage stamps to mark the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe. [282.382]
December 16
  • Marshall Islands issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. [342.662]
December 19
  • Turks and Caicos Islands issues nine postage stamps to mark the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. [282.647]

End of 1993-1994. Next: 1995.

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