1846 events
World War II: The Axis powers invasion of Yugoslavia is completed when it signs an armistice with Germany and Italy
World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht
World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht
World War II: Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom lau
World War II: Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom lau
The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby
World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy
World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid
World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi
Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin
World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete
During the Anglo-Iraqi War, British troops take Fallujah
World War II: German paratroopers start a series of mass executions of Greek civilians in Missiria for their participati
World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: In the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the German battleship Bismarck sinks the prid
World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men
World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag