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World War II: American and German troops fought side-by-side at the Battle for Castle Itter, defending a prison against
World War II: The citizens of Prague spontaneously rose up against the city's German occupiers
The Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps were liberated by the United States Army
A parade in Sétif, French Algeria, celebrating the end of World War II in Europe became a riot and was followed by repri
The British Army directed fleeing Croatian soldiers to surrender to the Yugoslav Partisans, beginning the Bleiburg repat
The United States conducted the first detonation of a nuclear weapon during the Trinity test (pictured).
A B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, killing 14 people and causing an estimated…
World War II: The British Special Boat Service executed a successful raid to destroy an Axis radio station on the Greek
World War II: The British Special Boat Service executed a successful raid to destroy an Axis radio station on the Greek
Second World War: British agent Nancy Wake parachuted into Auvergne, France, becoming a liaison between the Special Oper
World War II: The Japanese Take Ichi convoy arrived at Halmahera in the Dutch East Indies after losing many ships and th
World War II: A United States Navy task group captured German submarine U-505 (pictured)
World War II: Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history, began with Allied troops landing
Second World War: At the Battle of Villers-Bocage, German tank commander Michael Wittmann destroyed around 30 Allied veh
Second World War: The British Army abandoned its attempt to capture the German-occupied city of Caen
World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began the first air raid of its strategic bombing campaign against the J
Second World War: Canadian troops defeated the last German counterattacks against Carpiquet, Normandy, France.
Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing…