10 events with tag "World War II"
1939
ID: 1480
WWII begins; IG Farben converts entirely to military chemical production
ID: 1480
1939
ID: 1486
World War II - Materialism's ultimate fruit (1939-1945)
ID: 1486
1939
ID: 1488
WWII: Massive expansion of radar technology and military radio systems
ID: 1488
1940
ID: 3771
April 9, 1940
Germany invades Denmark - occupation in single day, government initially remains but cooperates with Nazis
ID: 3771
1942
ID: 4251
Remington Rand produces fire control equipment and other military devices during World War II
ID: 4251
1942
ID: 5633
April 9, 1942
Fall of Bataan - largest surrender in American and Filipino military history, followed by the Bataan Death March
ID: 5633
1942
ID: 5634
May 6, 1942
Fall of Corregidor - Japanese forces capture the island fortress, completing conquest of the Philippines
ID: 5634
1943
ID: 4240
IBM dedicates all production to Allied war effort - punch card machines used for military logistics and calculations
ID: 4240
1943
ID: 4293
December 1943
Tommy Flowers completes Colossus Mark I at Bletchley Park - first programmable electronic computer for codebreaking
ID: 4293
1944
ID: 5635
October 1944
General Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines at Leyte, fulfilling his promise 'I shall return'
ID: 5635