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World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali–Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern…
Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port…
World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10.
World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate…
World War II: Operation Spring near Caen is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews…
World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where…
Under the state of emergency law, the Finnish Parliament elects Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim as the President of…
World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545…
World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in…
The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the…