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World War I: The French army repulsed a German assault against their positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
World War II: The Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire fro�
World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.
World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Luftwaffe launches its largest and most concentrated attack of the entire campaign.
World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
Tanks (example pictured), the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War, were first used in combat at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in France.
Tanks, the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War, were first used in combat at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in France.
World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
Second World War: Italian forces captured the town of Sidi Barrani, but their invasion of Egypt progressed no further.
World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden and British XXX Corps advances into the Netherlands as the "Garden" half of the Oper�
World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units.
World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.