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Today in World War II History—March 21, 1940 & 1945

Friday, March 21, 2025 by Sarah Sundin
Ohka at Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, CA, November 2014 (Photo: Sarah Sundin)

Ohka at Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, CA, November 2014 (Photo: Sarah Sundin)

85 Years Ago—Mar. 21, 1940: Édouard Daladier resigns as Prime Minister of France after vote of no confidence from Parliament, replaced by Paul Reynaud.

First German merchant ship is sunk by a British submarine: HMS Ursula sinks German freighter Heddernheim north of Denmark.

80 Years Ago—Mar. 21, 1945: RAF Mosquitos & Mustangs hit Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen, allowing over two dozen Danish freedom fighters to escape, destroying German records, and killing 55 Germans, 47 Danish employees, and 8 Danish prisoners; during the raid, a Mosquito crashes into a school, killing 86 children and 17 teachers.

Japanese use rocket-powered Ohka kamikaze plane for the first time, but cause little damage to US Fifth Fleet.

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