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World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the King (encouraged by the Grand Council of Fascism) and is…
World War II: 136 Greek civilians are murdered by soldiers of the German 1st Mountain Division in the village of…
World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000…
World War II: Operation Tidal Wave, also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian…
World War II: After the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri, Lt. John F.…
World War II: After the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri, Lt. John F.…
World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all…
World War II: 317 Greek civilians are murdered by soldiers of the German 1st Mountain Division in the village of…
World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission.
World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours…
World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King…
World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic…
World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Red Army for the second time after the Battle of Kursk.
World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next…
Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next…
King George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta in appreciation of their heroism
French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress
World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed