Search Historical Events

1942

World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany

World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.

1941

World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag

World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.

1942

World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia

World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.

1946

Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed

Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.

1941

World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany

World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.

1918

World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J

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.

1941

World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos

World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.

1942

World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island

World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.

1941

World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants

World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.

1940

World War II: During the Battle of France, the Luftwaffe bombs Paris

World War II: During the Battle of France, the Luftwaffe bombs Paris.

1944

World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German Kriegsmarine submarine U-505: The firs

World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German Kriegsmarine submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th cen�

1944

World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdra

World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.

1942

World War II: The Battle of Midway begins

World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

1942

World War II: Gustaf Mannerheim, the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army, is granted the title of Marshal of Finland

World War II: Gustaf Mannerheim, the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army, is granted the title of Marshal of Finland by the government on his 75th birthday. On the same day, Adolf Hitler arrives in�

1940

World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: the British Armed Forces completes evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk

World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: the British Armed Forces completes evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only�

1916

World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia

World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.

1944

World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in

World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.

1941

World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing

World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.

1940

World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French d

World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").

1917

World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day"

World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".