1846 events
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
World War II: Gustaf Mannerheim, the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army, is granted the title of Marshal of Finland
World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania
World War II: The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turnin
World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory
World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kis
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle
World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydr
World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydr
World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships
World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after O