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World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands

World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.

1945

World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz

World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.

1916

World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrend

World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.

1944

Second World War: British agent Nancy Wake parachuted into Auvergne, France, becoming a liaison between the Special Oper

Second World War: British agent Nancy Wake parachuted into Auvergne, France, becoming a liaison between the Special Operations Executive and the local Maquis group.

1945

World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours

World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.

1943

World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and c

World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.

1945

World War II: As Allied forces closed in on Berlin, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the Führerbunker with

World War II: As Allied forces closed in on Berlin, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the Führerbunker with Eva Braun one day after their marriage.

1943

Second World War: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Seraph began Operation Mincemeat to deceive Germany about the upcoming in

Second World War: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Seraph began Operation Mincemeat to deceive Germany about the upcoming invasion of Sicily.

1945

Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery duri

Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery during the advance to liberate Rangoon, Burma.

1945

World War II: German radio broadcasts news of Adolf Hitler's death, falsely stating that he has "fallen at his command p

World War II: German radio broadcasts news of Adolf Hitler's death, falsely stating that he has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and�

1945

World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army

World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.

1945

World War II: General Helmuth Weidling, the German commander of Berlin, surrendered to Soviet forces led by Marshal Geor

World War II: General Helmuth Weidling, the German commander of Berlin, surrendered to Soviet forces led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov, ending the Battle of Berlin.

1945

World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin

World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin.

1945

World War II: The surrender of Caserta comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting

World War II: The surrender of Caserta comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting.

1945

World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1,000 dead prisoners, most of

World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1,000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.

1945

World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artill

World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred priso�

1945

Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp su

Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp survivors on board, was attacked and sunk by the Royal Air Force.

1942

Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enablin

Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the Uni�

1945

World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay, re

World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay, resulting in more than 7,000 deaths.

1942

World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo th

World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces fro�