1944
World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
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1940
World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the…
World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
1914
World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
1944
World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
1942
World War II: The Guadalcanal campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the…
World War II: The Guadalcanal campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
1918
World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
1914
World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French…
World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
1944
World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
1994
Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in…
Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
1944
World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allied forces.
World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allied forces.
1944
World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested.…
World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
1943
World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Red Army for the second time after the Battle of Kursk.
World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Red Army for the second time after the Battle of Kursk.
1942
World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
1939
World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret protocol to the pact,…
World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret protocol to the pact, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania are divided into German and�
1914
World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
1944
World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
1942
World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven…
World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USS Enterprise is heavily damaged.
1944
World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
1942
World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards…
World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.