Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II (died 2012)
Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II (died 2012)
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Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II (died 2012)
First World War: Australian and New Zealand troops repelled the third attack on Anzac Cove, inflicting heavy casualties on the attacking Ottoman forces.
World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
World War II: German paratroopers began the Battle of Heraklion on the island of Crete, capturing the airfield and port in Heraklion ten days later.
Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
World War II: German paratroopers start a series of mass executions of Greek civilians in Missiria for their participation in the ongoing Battle of Crete.
World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
Börse Berlin building burns down after being hit in an air raid during World War II.
World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: In the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the German battleship Bismarck sinks the pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
Second World War: The German battleship Bismarck sank the British battlecruiser Hood at the Battle of the Denmark Strait.
World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
Second World War: German troops captured Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, forcing British forces to evacuate via Dunkirk.
World War II: The Battle of Gazala begins, in present-day Libya.
World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France. The Battle of Dunkirk begins simultaneously as Allied defenders fight to slow down th�
World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, is founded.
Second World War: The Allies began a mass evacuation of British, French and Belgian troops cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk.