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World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS
World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese
World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imper
World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three
World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attackin
World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islan
World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign
World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a maj
World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law
World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law
World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor for repairs
Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies
World War II: The Battle of Gazala begins, in present-day Libya
World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight day
World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany
World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia
World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island
World War II: Gustaf Mannerheim, the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army, is granted the title of Marshal of Finland