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In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned.
American financier and presidential adviser Bernard Baruch first described the post–World War II tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States as a "cold war".
World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
Second World War: British and Canadian forces concluded the Liberation of Arnhem in the Netherlands from German occupation.
World War I: Several French army corps began a massive assault against the German-occupied Chemin des Dames ridge, south of Laon, France.
World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.
World War II: The Axis powers invasion of Yugoslavia is completed when it signs an armistice with Germany and Italy.
World War II: Captured French general Henri Giraud escaped from German captivity in the Königstein Castle.
World War II: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.
World War I: French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines.
World War I: Hit by ground fire, French aviation pioneer Roland Garros (pictured) landed his aircraft behind enemy lines and was taken prisoner by German forces.
The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29 1/2 days, took off and landed at the Port Col…