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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
On her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank (pictured) began keeping a diary during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in
World War II: The Wehrmacht launched Case Blue, a strategic German offensive to capture oil fields in the south of the S
A downed Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero was discovered on Akutan Island, Alaska; it was later rebuilt and flown to…
World War II: The 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment was converted from a battalion to accommodate a larger number of…
The Holocaust: The gas chambers at Treblinka extermination camp began operation, killing 6,500 Jews who had been…
Second World War: Allied forces halted the Axis invasion of Egypt at the First Battle of El Alamein.
World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi…
World War II: In the first major naval engagement of the Guadalcanal campaign, Japan forced the U.S. Navy to withdraw…
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 was premiered in Leningrad while the city was under siege by Nazi forces.
World War II: The tanker SS Ohio reached Malta as part of an operation to deliver much-needed supplies during the…
The Holocaust: During the deportation of Jews from Slovakia, President Jozef Tiso gave a speech describing Jews as…
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives…
World War II: At the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, bombers from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese…