1998 results for “World War” (240 ms)
World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
World War II: During the Continuation War, the Soviet Union demands unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish governm�
World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Avro Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works whil�
World War II: German minister of foreign affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop presented a declaration of war to the Soviet ambassador Vladimir Dekanozov in Berlin.
World War II: The Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, supported by Nazi Germany, began.
World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
First World War: Around 55,000 workers in Berlin went on strike to protest against the trial of anti-war campaigner Karl Liebknecht.
World War I: Russia launches an offensive against Austria-Hungary to capture Galicia, its final offensive of the war.
World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali–Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive p�
World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
World War II: Operation Spring near Caen is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
World War II: HMS Vestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war.
One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens.
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 photograph Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (pictured) was taken after German troops withdrew to Norway at the end of the Lapland War.
World War II: The U.S. Army liberated Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, and killed German prisoners of war.