The biggest bomb detonated in Great Britain since World War II , it targeted Aiming the city 's infrastructure and economy and caused Causation devastating damage , estimated by insurers at £700 million ( equivalent to £ in ) – only surpassed by the 2001 September 11 attacks Attack and the 1993 Bishopsgate bombing Attack in terms of financial cost .

Often described Statement as Europe 's deadliest conflicts Hostile_encounter since World War II , the wars Hostile_encounter were marked Recording by many war crimes , including genocide , crimes Committing_crime against humanity and rape .

The Bosnian genocide was the first European crime Committing_crime to be formally judged Legal_rulings as genocidal in character since World War II , and many key individual participants were subsequently charged with war crimes .

On that day , 242 Japanese aircraft , in two separate raids Attack , attacked Attack the town , ships in Darwin 's harbour and the town 's two airfields in an attempt to prevent Preventing_or_letting the Allies from using Using them as bases to contest Military_operation the invasion Attack of Timor and Java during World War Military_operation II .

Utah , commonly known as Utah Beach , was the code name Name_conferral for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6 , 1944 ( D-Day ) , during World War II .

On 21 December 1817 , the British , led by Sir Thomas Hislop , attacked Attack the Holkar army led by 11-year-old Maharaja Malhar Rao Holkar II , 22-year-old Hari Rao Holkar and 20-year-old Bhima Bai Holkar .

Malhar Rao II , Tatya Jog and others escaped Escaping to Alot .

Baji Rao II , who was trying to consolidate Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale Marathas , finally surrendered Surrendering in June 1818 .

After the end of World War II in Europe , the Soviet Union signed Sign_agreement a Polish–Soviet border agreement with the new , internationally recognized Know Polish Provisional Government of National Unity on 16 August 1945 .

The New Britain campaign was a World War II campaign Military_operation fought Hostile_encounter between Allied and Imperial Japanese forces .

The invasion Attack of Yugoslavia , also known as the April War or Operation 25 , was a German-led attack Attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began Process_start on 6 April 1941 during World War II .

The Operation Arsenal , code name : `` Meksyk II '' ( ) was the first major operation Military_operation by the Szare Szeregi ( Gray Ranks ) Polish Underground formation during the Nazi occupation of Poland .

Operation Archery , also known as the Måløy Raid , was a British Combined Operations raid Attack during World War II against German positions on the island of Vågsøy , Norway , on 27 December 1941 .

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ( ; ; ) was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II to oppose Agree_or_refuse_to_act Nazi Germany 's final effort to transport Sending the remaining ghetto population to Majdanek and Treblinka concentration camps .

Until January 2010 , it was the home of the II Marine Expeditionary Force/Multi-National Force West .

Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia , then often referred to by the anglicized name Theodore , imprisoned Arrest several missionaries and two representatives of the British government in an attempt to get Getting the attention of the British government , which had decided Deciding against his requests Request for military assistance Assistance .

Dutch military forces ( and , for a while , the forces Military_operation of the World War II Allies ) were able to control Control the major towns , cities and industrial assets in Republican heartlands on Java and Sumatra but could not control Control the countryside .

The fighting Hostile_encounter in the Burma Campaign in 1944 was among the most severe in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II .

The Landing at Nadzab was an airborne landing Self_motion on 5 September 1943 during the New Guinea campaign of World War II in conjunction with the landing Self_motion at Lae .

While Israel finished Process_end last in Group A and Croatia last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2007 .

The Monmouth Rebellion , also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion , the Revolt of the West or the West Country rebellion , was an attempt to overthrow Change_of_leadership James II .

Prince James , Duke of York , had become Becoming King of England , Scotland , and Ireland upon the death Death of his elder brother Charles II on 6 February 1685 .

James II was a Roman Catholic and some Protestants under his rule opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act his kingship .

James Scott , 1st Duke of Monmouth , the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II , claimed Statement to be rightful heir to the throne and attempted to displace Change James II .

James Scott , 1st Duke of Monmouth , the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II , claimed Statement to be rightful heir to the throne and attempted to displace Change James II .

After a period of indecisive and slow border warfare , a string of almost unbroken Byzantine victories in the late 10th and early 11th centuries allowed Preventing_or_letting three Byzantine Emperors , namely Nikephoros II Phokas , John I Tzimiskes and finally Basil II to recapture Conquering territory lost Earnings_and_losses to the Muslim conquests in the 7th century Arab–Byzantine wars under the failing Rewards_and_punishments Heraclian Dynasty .

After a period of indecisive and slow border warfare , a string of almost unbroken Byzantine victories in the late 10th and early 11th centuries allowed Preventing_or_letting three Byzantine Emperors , namely Nikephoros II Phokas , John I Tzimiskes and finally Basil II to recapture Conquering territory lost Earnings_and_losses to the Muslim conquests in the 7th century Arab–Byzantine wars under the failing Rewards_and_punishments Heraclian Dynasty .

The Kosovo Operation Military_operation ( October 15–November 22 , 1944 ) was a series of military operations Military_operation leading up to one final push Influence during World War Military_operation II , launched Process_start by the Bulgarian army ( commanded Control by Major General Kiril Stanchev ) with the assistance Assistance of Yugoslav and Albanian Partisans to expel Removing German forces from Kosovo and prevent Preventing_or_letting the retreat Escaping of German forces from Greece .

In 1534 , the Danish Count 's Feud Quarreling spilled Filling over into the Low Countries where the Guelders Wars Hostile_encounter were raging , when Habsburg supported Supporting Enno II , Count of East Frisia , ally of Christopher of Oldenburg and Charles , Duke of Guelders supported Supporting Balthasar Oomkens von Esens , ally of Christian III of Denmark .

Mary of Hungary nevertheless ordered Request Adolf of Burgundy to compose Collaboration a fleet of 45 Dutch , Spanish and Portuguese ships with 3000 sailors and 4500 troops under command Control of Frederick II , Elector Palatine .

The 7,662,000 tons of bombs dropped in Motion Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War nearly quadrupled the 2,150,000 tons the U.S. had dropped Motion during World War II .

However , his brother , Francis II , the Holy Roman Emperor , and the civilian military advisers of the Aulic Council categorically refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act such an armistice , forcing Hostile_encounter Charles to order simultaneous sieges at Hüningen and Kehl .

Eritrea was claimed Statement by the Ethiopian Empire from 1947 after Eritrea was liberated Change_of_leadership from Italy 's occupation since 1890 ( both countries were part of Italian East Africa during World War II ) .

The concert Social_event series was followed by `` Final Symphony II '' , a similar concert Social_event tour Traveling by Merregnon Studios which began Process_start in 2015 with music from `` Final Fantasy V '' , `` VII '' , `` IX '' , and `` XIII '' .

In late May and early June 1942 , during World War II , submarines belonging to the Imperial Japanese Navy made a series of attacks Attack on the cities of Sydney and Newcastle in New South Wales , Australia .

The midget submarine attacks Attack and subsequent bombardments Attack are among the best-known examples of Axis naval activity Hostile_encounter in Australian waters during World War II , and are the only occasion in history when either city has come Arriving under attack Attack .

The Germans retained Preserving control Control of the high ground on Passchendaele Ridge opposite I and II Anzac corps , where the attack Attack was repulsed Defending or troops were forced Request by counter-attacks Attack to retire Escaping from most captured ground , as had happened on 9 October .

Negotiations with France shortly before World War II had shown Presence that the French government was willing to make appropriate changes Change in the boundaries between Thailand and French Indochina , but only slightly .

Operation Saturn , revised Change as Operation Little Saturn , was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front of World War II that led to Causation battles in the North Caucasus and Donets Basin regions of the Soviet Union from December 1942 to February 1943 .

The Dunkirk evacuation Removing , code-named Operation Dynamo , also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk , was the evacuation Removing of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk , in the north of France , between 26 May and 4 June 1940 .

The Demyansk Pocket ( ; ) was the name given Giving to the pocket of German troops encircled Besieging by the Red Army around Demyansk , south of Leningrad , during World War II on the Eastern Front .

Operation Military_operation Diadem , also referred Name_conferral to as the Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino or , in Canada , the Battle of the Liri Valley , was an offensive operation undertaken by the Allies of World War II ( U.S. Fifth Army and British Eighth Army ) in May 1944 , as part of the Italian Campaign of World War II .

Operation Military_operation Diadem , also referred Name_conferral to as the Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino or , in Canada , the Battle of the Liri Valley , was an offensive operation undertaken by the Allies of World War II ( U.S. Fifth Army and British Eighth Army ) in May 1944 , as part of the Italian Campaign of World War II .

From right to left these were the Polish II Corps and the British XIII Corps , of the Eighth Army , and the Free French Corps ( including Moroccan `` Goumiers '' ) and the U.S. II Corps , of the Fifth Army .

From right to left these were the Polish II Corps and the British XIII Corps , of the Eighth Army , and the Free French Corps ( including Moroccan `` Goumiers '' ) and the U.S. II Corps , of the Fifth Army .

On 17 May , Polish II Corps on the right attacked Attack Monte Cassino .

The Bombing Attack of Würzburg in World War II was part of the strategic bombing Attack campaign by the Allies against Nazi Germany .

The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant was a parade Social_event on 3 June 2012 of 670 boats on the Tideway of the River Thames in London as part of the celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II .

The military history of Canada during World War II begins Process_start with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 .

The Tallinn Offensive ( ) was a strategic offensive by the Red Army 's 2nd Shock and 8th Armies and the Baltic Fleet against the German Army Detachment `` Narwa '' and Estonian units in mainland Estonia on the Eastern Front of World War II on 17–26 September 1944 .