Other Events
| Name | Date | Start Date |
| The Reichstag Fire | 27 Feb 1933 | 19330227 |
| Invasion of Ethiopia | 3 Oct 1935 - 5 May 1936 | 19351003 |
| The Spanish Civil War | 17 Jul 1936 - 4 Apr 1939 | 19360717 |
| Kristallnacht | 9 Nov 1938 - 11 Nov 1938 | 19381109 |
| The Slovak-Hungarian War | 23 Mar 1939 - 31 Mar 1939 | 19390323 |
| British Pet Massacre | 3 Sep 1939 - 11 May 1941 | 19390903 |
| Deportation of Caucasian, Altaic, and Turkish Peoples | 1 Jan 1940 - 29 Dec 1944 | 19400101 |
| Enigma Code Broken | 14 Jan 1940 | 19400114 |
| Katyn Massacre and Related Atrocities | 3 Apr 1940 - 19 May 1940 | 19400403 |
| Anti-Italian Riots | 10 Jun 1940 | 19400610 |
| The French Resistance | 22 Jun 1940 - 28 Aug 1944 | 19400622 |
| Battle of Huangqiao | 4 Oct 1940 - 10 Oct 1940 | 19401004 |
| New Fourth Army incident | 5 Jan 1941 - 13 Jan 1941 | 19410105 |
| Campaigns in the Middle East | 2 Apr 1941 - 30 Aug 1941 | 19410402 |
| Internment of Japanese-Americans and Japanese-Canadians | 1 Jan 1942 - 1 Apr 1949 | 19420101 |
| Madagascar Campaign | 5 May 1942 - 5 Nov 1942 | 19420505 |
| Lidice Massacre | 9 Jun 1942 - 10 Jun 1942 | 19420609 |
| Battle of Brisbane | 26 Nov 1942 - 27 Nov 1942 | 19421126 |
| The Davao Escape | 4 Apr 1943 | 19430404 |
| Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | 19 Apr 1943 - 16 May 1943 | 19430419 |
| Operation Mincemeat | 30 Apr 1943 | 19430430 |
| Naples Uprising | 27 Sep 1943 - 30 Sep 1943 | 19430927 |
| Erntefest Massacre | 3 Nov 1943 - 4 Nov 1943 | 19431103 |
| Operation Kutschera | 1 Feb 1944 | 19440201 |
| Deportation of Crimean Tatars | 18 May 1944 - 1 Jun 1944 | 19440518 |
| Port Chicago Naval Munitions Explosion | 17 Jul 1944 | 19440717 |
| July Plot | 20 Jul 1944 - 21 Jul 1944 | 19440720 |
| Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | 24 Jul 1944 - 29 Apr 1945 | 19440724 |
| Warsaw Uprising | 1 Aug 1944 - 2 Oct 1944 | 19440801 |
| The Cowra Breakout | 5 Aug 1944 | 19440805 |
| Slovak National Uprising | 29 Aug 1944 - 28 Oct 1944 | 19440829 |
| Nemmersdorf Massacre | 22 Oct 1944 | 19441022 |
| Georgian Texel Uprising | 6 Apr 1945 - 20 May 1945 | 19450405 |
| Operations Manna, Chowhound, and Faust | 29 Apr 1945 - 10 May 1945 | 19450429 |
| Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | 16 Jul 1945 | 19450716 |
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