588 events
Second World War: The Royal Air Force's "Dambusters" squadron embarked on an attack on German dams using bouncing bombs
Eight German Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coa
Eight German Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coa
World War II: Captured French general Henri Giraud escaped from German captivity in the Königstein Castle
World War II: German and Italian forces began a large-scale counter-insurgency operation in occupied Yugoslavia
Second World War: In retaliation for the Royal Air Force's bombing of Lübeck, the Luftwaffe began a series of air raids
Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enablin
World War II: Aircraft from Imperial Japanese Navy vessels attacked Allied naval forces, beginning the Battle of the Cor
World War II: Japanese troops overcame fierce American and Philippine resistance to win the Battle of Corregidor
World War II: The Axis launched a major counteroffensive, turning the tide of the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula
World War II: The crews of three Japanese submarines scuttled their vessels and committed suicide after entering Sydney
World War II: The Battle of Midway, a major battle of the Pacific War, began with a massive Japanese offensive on Americ
Boris Kidrič and Edvard Kardelj founded the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation, the main anti-fascist Slovene civil-
World War II: Presaging a campaign of genocide against the Serbs of Croatia, around 190 people were massacred by members
World War II: German Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess (pictured) parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with
World War II: German Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess (pictured) parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with
German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audienc
World War II: German paratroopers began the Battle of Heraklion on the island of Crete, capturing the airfield and port
Second World War: The German battleship Bismarck sank the British battlecruiser Hood at the Battle of the Denmark Strait
World War II: The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by gun and torpedo fire by the British battleships HMS Rodney and