3811 results for “World War” (290 ms)
World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.
World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
World War I: The first tank prototype, developed by William Foster & Co. for the British army, was completed and given its first test drive.
World War I: The First Battle of the Marne, which would halt the Imperial German Army's advance into France, begins.
World War II: Soviet forces captured the city of Tartu on their way to re-establishing their rule in Estonia.
World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
Second World War: The Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other cities and towns.
World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
World War II: The Armistice of Cassibile is proclaimed by radio. OB Süd immediately implements plans to disarm the Italian forces.
World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad.
World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
World War II: About 3,000 Polish Army troops began a nearly month-long defence of the Hel Peninsula during the German invasion of Poland.