1211 results for “World War” (120 ms)
World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.
World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
World War II: The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by gun and torpedo fire by the British battleships HMS Rodney and HMS King George V and supporting cruisers.
World War II: Ninety-seven soldiers of the British Royal Norfolk Regiment were killed after surrendering to German forces.
World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
Second World War: Belgium surrendered to Nazi Germany, ending the Battle of Belgium.
The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
World War I: Armenian forces defeated Ottoman troops at the Battle of Sardarabad, halting the Turkish advance and preventing further destruction of the Armenian nation.
World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
Second World War: HMS Cambrian was sunk by a mine in The Solent, with the loss of 23 lives.
World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
World War II: The crews of three Japanese submarines scuttled their vessels and committed suicide after entering Sydney Harbour and launching a failed attack.
Scanian War: The Swedish warship Kronan, one of the largest ships in the world at the time, sank at the Battle of Öland with the loss of around 800 men.