1590 results for “World War” — type: events (201 ms)
World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath is signed, coming into effect the following day. It encompasses all Wehrmacht units in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany.
World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The J�
World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
World War II: Norwegian campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time�
World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,199 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the Ger�
World War II: The German Instrument of Surrender signed at Berlin-Karlshorst comes into effect.
World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington.
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.
World War II: the Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi occupation.
World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.