Latest data updates for World War II Tracker.https://watchboard.dev/en-ushttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-22/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-22/Seven new events added covering WWII commemorations and discoveries from April–May 2026: the DPAA reaching a DNA threshold to begin disinterment of 141 unknown USS Arizona sailors (April 23); WWII Medal of Honor recipient Capt. Willibald Bianchi buried at his Minnesota hometown 81 years after death (May 6); the Musée d'Orsay opening a permanent gallery for 225 Nazi-looted artworks (May 5); the Lost 52 Project announcing discovery of USS Bonefish, USS Drexler, and USS William D. Porter with 243 sailors entombed (May 22); 98 previously unseen photographs from the 1941 Paris Jewish roundup exhibited publicly for the first time (May 10/22); the 82nd anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino with Polish President Nawrocki at the Polish War Cemetery (May 18); and 1,500 strangers honoring a WWII Navy veteran with no surviving family in Massachusetts (May 18). Meta updated to reflect the latest commemorations.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-18/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-18/Polish President Karol Nawrocki and First Lady attended the 82nd anniversary ceremony of the Battle of Monte Cassino at the Polish War Cemetery on the slopes of Monte Cassino, Italy, on May 18, 2026. 1,500 Strangers Honor WWII Navy Veteran John Arnold III at Funeral After Public Plea.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-10/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-10/98 Unseen Photographs from 1941 Paris Jewish Roundup Exhibited Publicly for First Time. Tampa Bay Times reported on May 10, 2026 on Dr.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-09/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-09/Russia held a significantly scaled-back Victory Day parade on Red Square on May 9, 2026, marking the 81st anniversary of Soviet VE Day.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-08/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-08/VE Day 81st Anniversary — Ceremonies in Washington, Paris, and Across the Alliance.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-07/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-07/81st Anniversary of Germany's Reims Surrender — Museum of the Surrender Reopens After Full Renovation.Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-06/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-06/Army Captain Willibald C.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-05/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-05/The Netherlands observed its 81st Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) on May 5, 2026, marking 81 years since the final German capitulation in the Netherlands on May 5, 1945. Denmark observed its 81st Liberation Day on May 5, 2026, marking 81 years since Germany's capitulation in Denmark and German-occupied Norway took effect on May 5, 1945.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-02/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-05-02/May 2, 2026 marked the 81st anniversary of the German garrison of Berlin's surrender to Soviet forces on May 2, 1945, ending the Battle of Berlin — the final major land battle in the European theater.Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-30/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-30/81st Anniversary of Hitler's Death — Russia's FSB Declassifies Eyewitness Account of Final Hours in Führerbunker.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-25/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-25/Italy observed the 81st anniversary of Liberation Day (Festa della Liberazione) on April 25, 2026, commemorating the end of the Nazi-fascist occupation of Italy in 1945.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-23/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-23/DPAA Reaches DNA Threshold to Begin Disinterment of USS Arizona's 141 Unknown WWII Sailors.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-19/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-19/Five new commemoration events added spanning April 10–19, 2026: the 84th Day of Valor (Bataan Death March), the 81st anniversary of Buchenwald's liberation, Yom HaShoah 2026 at Yad Vashem with the 38th March of the Living, the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Berlin Offensive, and the 83rd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The timeline was also updated with a new entry for the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (April 19, 1943) — the largest armed Jewish resistance action of the Holocaust, led by Mordechai Anielewicz — which had been absent from the historical record.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-16/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-16/81st Anniversary: Soviet Berlin Offensive Launched April 16, 1945.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-13/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-13/Israel and Jewish communities worldwide observed Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day) with the State Opening Ceremony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-11/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-11/Germany and international observers commemorated the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp by US Army forces on April 11, 1945.Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-10/https://watchboard.dev/world-war-2/#digest-2026-04-10/The Philippines and US military communities observed the 84th anniversary of the fall of Bataan (April 9, 1942) and the Bataan Death March.Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdaily