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1916

World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out

World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.

1944

World War II: Commencement of Operation Overlord: The Allied invasion of Normandy begins with the execution of Operation

World War II: Commencement of Operation Overlord: The Allied invasion of Normandy begins with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history.�

1944

World War II: Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges by Allied paratroopers, also known as Operation Coup de M

World War II: Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges by Allied paratroopers, also known as Operation Coup de Main (incorrectly referred to as Operation Deadstick.)

1942

World War II: The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turnin

World War II: The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turning point in the Pacific Theater. All four Japanese fleet carriers taking part—Aka�

1918

World War I: U

World War I: U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties during the Battle of Belleau Wood while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry (the losses are exceeded at the Bat�

1945

King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II

King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.

1942

World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory

World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.

1942

World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kis

World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.

1917

World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge

World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.

1943

World War II: The two-day Battle of Porta between the Royal Italian Army and the Greek People's Liberation Army begins

World War II: The two-day Battle of Porta between the Royal Italian Army and the Greek People's Liberation Army begins.

1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.

1941

World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant

World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.

1940

World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norweg

World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian campaign.

1944

World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in repris

World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.

1944

World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland sinc

World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.

1944

World War II: Six hundred forty-three men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France

World War II: Six hundred forty-three men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.

1944

World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 228 men, women and children are massacred by German troops

World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 228 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.

1942

World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydr

World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.

1940

World War II: U

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.

1940

World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends

World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.