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World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel…
World War II: US Navy L-class blimp L-8 drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California.…
World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
World War II: Operation Jubilee (The Dieppe Raid): The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by…
World War II: The Guadalcanal campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the…
Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven…
World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards…
World War II: Battle of Milne Bay: Japanese marines assault Allied airfields at Milne Bay, New Guinea, initiating the…
First day of the Sarny Massacre, perpetrated by German military forces.
World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva…
World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare…
World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive…
World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West…
World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting…
World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeat…