1812 French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow.
1916 First use of tanks in warfare, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Battle of the Somme.
1938 British PM Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden.
1940 Climax of the Battle of Britain, tide turns as Luftwaffe lose 56 aircraft, RAF 28.
1941 Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania.
1943 Concentration Camp Vaivara in Estonia opens.
1943 Concentration Camp Kauwen in Lithuania opens.
1944 British bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs.
1948 F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph.
1950 During Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in South Korea.
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