2372 results for “World War” — type: events (436 ms)
World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.
World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins.
World War II: German submarine U-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.
World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
World War II: Operation Market Garden results in the liberation of Eindhoven.
World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
World War II: The Soviet Union introduces conscription for all males between the ages of 16 and 50.
World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the second-longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement.
World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War II.
World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.