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William Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") is charged with treason for his pro-German propaganda broadcasting during World War II.
The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
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�
The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island.
World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces; 33,000 Allied troops are taken prisoner.
World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France.
World War II: The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end with an American flag-raising ceremony.
World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.
World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
The United States Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act to allow World War II refugees to immigrate to the United States above quota restrictions.
World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
The Holocaust and World War II: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.