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World War II: American and German troops fought side-by-side at the Battle for Castle Itter, defending a prison against Waffen-SS forces.
World War II: The citizens of Prague spontaneously rose up against the city's German occupiers.
World War II: A squad of 250 Norwegian volunteers defending Hegra Fortress surrendered to a superior Nazi force after a 25-day siege.
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: Japanese troops overcame fierce American and Philippine resistance to win the Battle of Corregidor.
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.
A parade in Sétif, French Algeria, celebrating the end of World War II in Europe became a riot and was followed by reprisals, carried out by colonial authorities over the following weeks, that killed�
World War II: The Axis launched a major counteroffensive, turning the tide of the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula.
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.