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Aftermath of World War II: In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their�
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.
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: 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.
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.