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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.
American Revolutionary War: The war begins during the Battles of Lexington and Concord with a victory of American minutemen and other militia over British forces, later referred to as the "shot heard�
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.
World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.