2337 events
Second World War: A decisive Soviet victory against German forces at the Battle of Kursk gave the Red Army the…
World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.
World War II: Australian troops led by Gordon Grimsley King defeated Imperial Japanese forces at the Battle of Kaiapit…
World War II: Nazi forces began a mass extermination campaign against the civilian residents of around 20 villages on…
Second World War: The German Army began the Massacre of the Acqui Division on the Greek island of Cephalonia,…
World War II: Allied forces executed Operation Leader, an air raid against German shipping near Bodø, Norway.
World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured fifty-seven…
World War II: During the second raid on Schweinfurt, the U.S. 8th Air Force suffered so many losses that it lost air…
The Second Philippine Republic, a Japanese puppet state, was established with Jose P. Laurel as its first president.
World War II: Allied aircraft sank the German cargo ship Sinfra, killing mostly Italian POWs.
World War II: A U.S. Navy task force turned away an Imperial Japanese Navy formation at the Battle of Empress Augusta…
World War II: An unknown aircraft dropped four bombs on Vatican City, which maintained neutrality during the war.
World War II: Captured French general Henri Giraud escaped from German captivity in the Königstein Castle
World War II: German and Italian forces began a large-scale counter-insurgency operation in occupied Yugoslavia
Second World War: In retaliation for the Royal Air Force's bombing of Lübeck, the Luftwaffe began a series of air raids
Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enablin
World War II: Aircraft from Imperial Japanese Navy vessels attacked Allied naval forces, beginning the Battle of the Cor
World War II: Japanese troops overcame fierce American and Philippine resistance to win the Battle of Corregidor
World War II: The Axis launched a major counteroffensive, turning the tide of the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula
World War II: The crews of three Japanese submarines scuttled their vessels and committed suicide after entering Sydney