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World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing
World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant
World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa
The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithua
World War II: The Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, supported by Nazi Germany, began
World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the ne
World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa
Nazi crimes against the Polish nation: Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian…
Nazi crimes against the Polish nation: Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian…
World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German-occupied Riga is burnt with 300…
World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.
World War II: The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.
The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
World War II: Montenegrins begin the Trinaestojulski ustanak (Thirteenth of July Uprising), a popular revolt against…
World War II: Battle of Grand Harbour, British forces on Malta destroy an attack by the Italian Decima Flottiglia MAS.…
World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the United States, Britain and the…
The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich…
The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich…
World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.