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World War II: German and Soviet forces engaged each other at the Battle of Prokhorovka (tanks pictured), one of the…
World War II: Operation Fustian, an Allied operation to capture the Primosole Bridge in Sicily, was launched.
The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.
The Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini, who was arrested the same day…
As the Surprise Hurricane struck Texas, a United States Army Air Forces pilot made the first reconnaissance flight…
Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.
World War II: The Royal Air Force began a strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany's V-weapon programme by…
World War II: The Royal Air Force began a strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany's V-weapon programme by…
Second World War: A decisive Soviet victory against German forces at the Battle of Kursk gave the Red Army the…
World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.
World War II: Australian troops led by Gordon Grimsley King defeated Imperial Japanese forces at the Battle of Kaiapit…
World War II: Nazi forces began a mass extermination campaign against the civilian residents of around 20 villages on…
Second World War: The German Army began the Massacre of the Acqui Division on the Greek island of Cephalonia,…
World War II: Allied forces executed Operation Leader, an air raid against German shipping near Bodø, Norway.
World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured fifty-seven…
World War II: During the second raid on Schweinfurt, the U.S. 8th Air Force suffered so many losses that it lost air…
The Second Philippine Republic, a Japanese puppet state, was established with Jose P. Laurel as its first president.
World War II: Allied aircraft sank the German cargo ship Sinfra, killing mostly Italian POWs.
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