632 results for “World War” — type: events (160 ms)
World War I: The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military actions of the Second World War end in Finland.
World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photogr�
World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only Brit�
The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned.
World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9,000 American and British airmen.
World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, one of only two battles in that war in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
World War II: Last German U-boat attack of the war, two freighters are sunk off the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
Russo-Ukrainian War: United States President Joe Biden signs the 2022 Lend-Lease Act into law, a rebooted World War II-era policy expediting American equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European co�
Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
World War II: Fascist Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom, beginning an invasion of southern France.
One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens.
World War II: Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first Allied infantry victory of the War.
�The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.