1998 results for “World War” (203 ms)
World War II: The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by gun and torpedo fire by the British battleships HMS Rodney and HMS King George V and supporting cruisers.
World War II: Ninety-seven soldiers of the British Royal Norfolk Regiment were killed after surrendering to German forces.
World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
Second World War: Belgium surrendered to Nazi Germany, ending the Battle of Belgium.
The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
World War I: Armenian forces defeated Ottoman troops at the Battle of Sardarabad, halting the Turkish advance and preventing further destruction of the Armenian nation.
World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
Second World War: HMS Cambrian was sunk by a mine in The Solent, with the loss of 23 lives.
World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
World War II: The crews of three Japanese submarines scuttled their vessels and committed suicide after entering Sydney Harbour and launching a failed attack.
Scanian War: The Swedish warship Kronan, one of the largest ships in the world at the time, sank at the Battle of Öland with the loss of around 800 men.
World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
World War II: During the Battle of France, the Luftwaffe bombs Paris.