Chronology of World War II

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1960

February 23
  • The USSR issues a postage stamp depicting Lieutenant Timur Frunze, war hero. [343.552]
March 26
  • France issues five postage stamps honoring heores of the French Underground during the war. [340.1059]
April 4
  • Hungary issues two postage stamps marking the 15th anniversary of the liberation. [341.648]
  • The USSR issues a postage stamp marking the 15th anniversary of the liberation of Hungary. [343.552]
May 4
  • The USSR issues a postage stamp depicting General I.D. Tcherniakovski, war hero. [343.552]
May 5
  • Czechoslovakia issues five postage stamps marking the 15th anniversary of liberation from German control. [340.639]
  • The German Democratic Republic issues a postage stamp marking the 15th anniversary of liberation. [341.174]
May 9
  • Romania issues two postage stamps marking the 10th anniversary of liberation. [343.438]
June 18
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of the French Resistance Movement. [340.1059]
(month unknown)
  • A Japanese midget submarine is found in Keehi Lagoon near Pearl Harbor. It is one of five midget submarines that took part in the attacks of December 6, 1941. (The vessel is salvaged and sent to Japan for display.) [351.97]

1961

February 23
  • The USSR issues a postage stamp depicting V.P. Miroshnitchenko, war hero. [343.555]
April 15
  • Malta issues three postage stamps marking the 19th anniversary of the awarding of the George Cross to Malta for its war effort. [342.638]
April 22
  • France issues four postage stamps honoring heores of the French Underground during the war. [340.1059]
June 3
  • In Ottawa, Canada, a memorial is unveiled recording the names of 128 Canadian officers who died while serving voluntarily with British forces in 1944-45. [91.13]
(month unknown)
  • The USSR issues three postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of the defence of Moscow, Brest, and Odessa. [343.557]

1962

February 22
  • The USSR issues two postage stamps depicting heroes of World War II. [343.558]

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April 3
  • Poland issues three postage stamps commemorating the millions who died in concentration camps. [343.284]
(month unknown)
  • The USSR issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of the defence of Sevastopol. [343.557]
July 24
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of joining the Free French. [751.833]

1963

April 19
  • Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. [343.285]
(month unknown)
  • The USSR issues three postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of the defence of Leningrad, Kiev, and Stalingrad. [343.557]
July
  • The USSR issues two postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk. [343.562]

1964

March 21
  • France issues two postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of liberation, depicting a concentration camp and resistance memorial. [340.1127]
June 6
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of liberation, depicting Allied landings in Normandy and Provence. [340.1127]
June 18
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of liberation, depicting Charles de Gaulle's 1940 poster to all Frenchmen. [340.1127]
(month unknown)
  • The USSR issues four postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, and Belgrade. [343.565]
  • Czechoslovakia issues a 10-korun coin commemorating the August 1944 uprising in Slovakia. [788.66]
August 1
  • Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw insurrection against German occupiers. [343.287]
August 22
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of liberation, depicting street fighting in Paris and Strasbourg. [340.1127]
August 23
  • Romania issues five postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of liberation. [343.442]
October 14
  • The USSR issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine. [343.566]
November 6
  • The USSR proclaims Richard Sorge posthumously a Hero of the Soviet Union. Sorge headed a Soviet spy ring in Tokyo until his capture in October 1941. [444.522]
November 16
  • Poland issues five postage stamps depicting the 1939-45 struggle. [343.287]
December
  • The remains of Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader, are added to the Panthéon in France. [494.10]

1965

January 15
  • Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of the liberation of concentration camps. [343.288]
April 6
  • Netherlands issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of liberation, depicting statues to the resistance movement. [342.997]
April 16
  • Bulgaria issues two postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of victory over Fascism. [306.978]
April 24
  • Italy issues six postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of the resistance movement. [341.1037]
April 25
  • The USSR issues ten postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of the end of World War II. [343.568]
May 5
  • The German Democratic Republic issues four postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of liberation from fascism. [341.179]
  • Czechoslovakia issues five postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of liberation from German control. [340.644]
May 8
  • Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of the victory over Fascism. [343.288]
(month unknown)
  • The USSR issues four postage stamps marking the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Vienna, and Warsaw. [343.565]
  • Czechoslovakia issues a 25-korun coin commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 1945 liberation. [788.66]
  • The Soviet Union issues a rouble coin commemorating the 20th anniversary of victory. [788.66]
August 7
  • Togo issues two postage stamps depicting Josef Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Yalta Conference. [752.510]
September 13
  • Great Britain issues eight postage stamps marking the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. [341.280]
September 20
  • New Caledonia issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's 1940 poster to all Frenchmen. [342.1073]
December 20
  • The USSR issues four postage stamps honoring the heroism of cities during the war. [343.570]
December 30
  • The USSR issues three postage stamps honoring the heroism of cities during the war. [343.570]

1966

May 9
  • Poland issues a postage stamp marking the 21th anniversary of the victory over Fascism. [343.289]
October 1
  • Albert Speer is released from Spandau prison. [373.529]
December 1
  • The USSR issues three postage stamps marking the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow. [343.573]

1967

March 1
  • Malta issues three postage stamps marking the 25th anniversary of the awarding of the George Cross to Malta for its war effort. [342.639]
April 10
  • Poland issues three postage stamps depicting memorials to the 1939-45 struggle. [343.290]
April 24
  • The USSR issues three postage stamps honoring partisan heroes of the war. [343.574]
(month unknown)
  • The Philippines issues a peso coin marking the 25th anniversary of Bataan Day. [788.67]
August 28
  • The Solomon Islands issues two postage stamps marking the 25th anniversary of the American Guadalcanal campaign. [282.2]
August 30
  • Papua & New Guinea issues four postage stamps marking the 25th anniversary of battles in the Pacific which stopped Japanese occupation of the area. [751.96]
September 23
  • The USSR issues a postage stamps marking the 25th anniversary of the fight of Young Guards at Krasnodon against the Germans. [343.575]
October 9
  • Poland issues three postage stamps depicting memorials to the 1939-45 struggle. [343.290]
October 14
  • The USSR issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of French Normandy-Neman aviators who fought on the Russian Front. [343.575]
December 28
  • Poland issues two postage stamps depicting memorials to the 1939-45 struggle. [343.290]

1968

January 20
  • The USSR issues three postage stamps honoring heroes of the war. [343.576]
February 2
  • The Solomon Islands issues a postage stamp depicting a naval battle during World War II. [282.2]
March 30
  • The USSR issues two postage stamps honoring partisan heroes of the war. [343.577]
(month unknown)
  • Poland issues a 10-zlotych coin commemorating the 25th anniversary of the People's Army. [788.66]
November 15
  • Poland issues five postage stamps depicting memorials to the 1939-45 struggle. [343.292]

1969

February 23
  • The USSR issues two postage stamps honoring heroes of the war. [343.580]
May 9
  • The USSR issues a postage stamp honoring Otakar Yarosh, Czech hero of the war. [343.580]
May 10
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of the Battle of the Garigliano against Germany. [340.1067]
May 31
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of thelanding of Special Air Service and Free French commandoes in Normandy in 1944. [340.1067]
June 7
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of the battle of Mt. Mouchet between French resistance fighters and German soldiers, June 2-10, 1944. [340.1067]
June 23
  • Fiji issues three postage stamps marking the 25th anniversary of the Fiji Military Forces campaign in the Solomon Islands during World War II. [340.992]
July 3
  • The USSR issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Byelorussia. [343.581]
July 10
  • The USSR issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria. [343.581]
July 15
  • The USSR issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Nikolayev. [343.581]
August 23
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of the landing of French and American forces in Provence. [340.1067]
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Paris. [340.1128]
  • Romania issues three postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of liberation. [343.448]
October 12
  • Greece issues three postage stamps marking the 25th anniversary of liberation. [341.374]
October 18
  • France issues a postage stamp honoring French aviators of Normandy-Neman Squadron fighting on the Russian Front, 1942-45. [340.1067]
November 22
  • France issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of the landing of the liberation of Strasbourg. [340.1128]
December 31
  • The USSR issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Romania. [343.583]

End of 1960-1969. Next: 1970.

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