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1945

World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces

World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.

1941

World War II: The Axis powers invasion of Yugoslavia is completed when it signs an armistice with Germany and Italy

World War II: The Axis powers invasion of Yugoslavia is completed when it signs an armistice with Germany and Italy.

1942

World War II: Captured French general Henri Giraud escaped from German captivity in the Königstein Castle

World War II: Captured French general Henri Giraud escaped from German captivity in the Königstein Castle.

1945

World War II: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany

World War II: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.

1943

World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U

World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

1942

World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed

World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.

1916

World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by

World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.

1915

World War I: French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines

World War I: French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines.

1915

World War I: Hit by ground fire, French aviation pioneer Roland Garros (pictured) landed his aircraft behind enemy lines

World War I: Hit by ground fire, French aviation pioneer Roland Garros (pictured) landed his aircraft behind enemy lines and was taken prisoner by German forces.

1943

World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto

World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.

1942

World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto a

World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.

1945

World War II: U

World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.

1945

World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses t

World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.

1942

World War II: German and Italian forces began a large-scale counter-insurgency operation in occupied Yugoslavia

World War II: German and Italian forces began a large-scale counter-insurgency operation in occupied Yugoslavia.

1945

World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters

World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.

1918

World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Va

World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.

1945

World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt

World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape.

1945

World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army

World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army.

1944

World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area

World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.

1944

World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station

World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station.