1943
World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
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1941
World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
1918
World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
1914
World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans…
World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
1945
The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
1942
World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
1914
World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
1941
World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
1918
World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the…
World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
1944
World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat.
World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat.
1939
World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk,…
World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
1943
World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and…
World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for a�
1942
World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva…
World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
1916
World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first…
World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
1914
World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the…
World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
1944
World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
1939
World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
1945
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American who broadcast under the name Orphan Annie during World War II, is arrested in…
�apanese American who broadcast under the name Orphan Annie during World War II, is arrested in Yokohama by U.S. military authorities amid widespread speculation of her being wartime radio propagandist�
1943
World War II: In the Pacific Theater, the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport,…
World War II: In the Pacific Theater, the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae during the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
1914
World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are…
World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.