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World War II: The Wehrmacht launched Case Blue, a strategic German offensive to capture oil fields in the south of the Soviet Union.

On June 28, in the year 1942, World War II: The Wehrmacht launched Case Blue, a strategic German offensive to capture oil fields in the south of the Soviet Union. This event is recorded as a Selected Events event in the history of June 28, one of 428 recorded events on this date across all of history.

World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, the latter enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the only nuclear weapons used in war. World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 60 to 75 million people. Millions died as a result of massacres, starvation, disease, and genocides, including the Holocaust. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on June 28, 1942 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Selected Events event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 3 Wikipedia articles.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 15 June 2026.

On This Date in History 428

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2025 Jun 28 Aminu Dantata, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2025 Jun 28 D
Notable Deaths 2025 Jun 28 Dave Parker, American baseball player and coach (born 1951)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jun 28 Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1937)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jun 28 Audrey Flack, American artist (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jun 28 Mohamed Osman Jawari, Somali attorney and politician, 12th Speaker of the Parliament of Somalia (born 1945)
Notable Deaths 2023 Jun 28 Lowell Weicker, French-American politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2018 Jun 28 Harlan Ellison, American writer (born 1934)
Historical Events 2016 Jun 28 A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others
Notable Deaths 2016 Jun 28 Scotty Moore, American guitarist (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2016 Jun 28 Pat Summitt, American women's college basketball head coach (born 1952)
Notable Deaths 2016 Jun 28 Buddy Ryan, American football coach (born 1931)
Selected Events 2016 Jun 28 Gunmen attacked Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, killing 45 people and injuring more than 230 others
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 28 Jack Carter, American actor and comedian (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 28 Jope Seniloli, Fijian politician, Vice-President of Fiji (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 28 Wally Stanowski, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 28 Seymour Barab, American cellist and composer (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 28 Jim Brosnan, American baseball player (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 28 On Kawara, Japanese painter (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 28 Meshach Taylor, American actor (born 1947)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 28 Ted Hood, American sailor and architect (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 28 Tamás Katona, Hungarian historian and politician (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 28 Kenneth Minogue, New Zealand-Australian political scientist and academic (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 28 F
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 28 David Rubitsky, American sergeant (born 1917)
Historical Events 2012 Jun 28 The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in Nationa
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 28 Richard Isay, American psychiatrist and author (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 28 Leontine T
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 28 Robert Sabatier, French author and poet (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 28 Doris Sams, American baseball player (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2010 Jun 28 Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician (born 1917)
Historical Events 2009 Jun 28 Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to r
Notable Deaths 2009 Jun 28 A
Notable Deaths 2009 Jun 28 Billy Mays, American TV personality (born 1958)
Notable Deaths 2007 Jun 28 Eugene B
Notable Deaths 2007 Jun 28 Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2006 Jun 28 Jim Baen, American publisher, founded Baen Books (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2006 Jun 28 Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1
Notable Deaths 2006 Jun 28 George Unwin, English pilot and commander (born 1913)
Notable Births 2005 Jun 28 Tom Bischof, German footballer
Notable Births 2005 Jun 28 Pio Esposito, Italian footballer
Notable Deaths 2005 Jun 28 Brenda Howard, American activist (born 1946)
Notable Deaths 2005 Jun 28 Michael P
Historical Events 2004 Jun 28 Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the
Notable Deaths 2004 Jun 28 Anthony Buckeridge, English author (born 1912)
Notable Deaths 2003 Jun 28 Joan Lowery Nixon, American journalist and author (born 1927)
Notable Births 2002 Jun 28 Marta Kostyuk, Ukrainian tennis player
Historical Events 2001 Jun 28 Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial
Notable Deaths 2001 Jun 28 Mortimer J
Notable Deaths 2000 Jun 28 Nils Poppe, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1908)

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