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World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington.
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.
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�
World War II: the Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi occupation.
World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, The Netherlands, Belgium an�
World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarine U-507.
The inaugural Formula One World Championship race takes place at Silverstone Circuit. The race was won by Giuseppe Farina, who would go on to become the inaugural champion that year.
World War II: Yevgeny Khaldei's photograph Raising a Flag over the Reichstag is published in Ogonyok magazine.
World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins, as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.