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World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area
World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station
World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece
Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt
World War II: Nine German E-boats attack US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings,
World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate
Börse Berlin building burns down after being hit in an air raid during World War II
Congress of Përmet occurs which establishes a provisional government in Albania in areas under partisan control, the fir
World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German Kriegsmarine submarine U-505: The firs
World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdra
World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in
World War II: Commencement of Operation Overlord: The Allied invasion of Normandy begins with the execution of Operation
World War II: Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges by Allied paratroopers, also known as Operation Coup de M
World War II: Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges by Allied paratroopers, also known as Operation Coup de M
World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisone
World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in repris
World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland sinc
World War II: Six hundred forty-three men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France
World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 228 men, women and children are massacred by German troops
USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrum