War crimes in World War II: This is a list of war crimes committed during World War II. The Axis powers (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan) were some of the most systematic perpetrators of war crimes in modern history. (None) [75%] 2024-02-17 [Law-related lists] [War crimes by war]...
World war: A world war is an international conflict which involves most or all of the world's major powers. Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international conflicts that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, World War ... (Social) [74%] 2023-11-04 [War]
World war: A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers. Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international conflicts that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, World War ... (War involving major global states) [74%] 2024-11-05 [War] [World]...
Prisoners of war in World War I: Between 7–9 million soldiers surrendered and were held in prisoner-of-war camps during World War I. All nations pledged to follow the Hague Conventions on fair treatment of prisoners of war, and the survival rate for POWs was ... [74%] 2024-02-15 [World War I prisoners of war] [World War I]...
Bombing of Essen in World War II: During World War II, the industrial town of Essen, was a target of Allied strategic bombing. The Krupp steelworks was an important industrial target, Essen was a "primary target" designated for area bombing by the February 1942 British Area bombing ... [72%] 2023-11-25 [Essen] [Krupp]...
Bombing of Bremen in World War II: The Bombing of Bremen in World War II by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and US Eighth Air Force involved both indiscriminate "area bombing" and, as capacity improved, more targeted raids upon the city's military-industrial facilities. These ... (Aerial bombing of Bremen, Germany during World War II) [72%] 2024-01-12 [History of Bremen (city)] [World War II strategic bombing of Germany]...
Bombing of Königsberg in World War II: The bombing of Königsberg was a series of attacks made on the city of Königsberg in East Prussia during World War II. The Soviet Air Force had made several raids on the city since 1941. (1941–1945 aerial bombing of Germany) [72%] 2024-01-20 [World War II strategic bombing] [Königsberg]...
Bombing of Dresden in World War II: The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) between February 13 and February 15, 1945 remains one of the more controversial events of World War II. Historian Frederick Taylor ... [72%] 2023-02-04
Bombing of Bucharest in World War II: The Bucharest World War II bombings were primarily Allied bombings of railroad targets and those of the Oil Campaign of World War II, but included a bombing by Nazi Germany after the 1944 coup d'état. Bucharest stored and distributed ... [72%] 2023-12-30 [History of Bucharest] [Oil campaign of World War II]...
Bombing of Turin in World War II: Owing to its importance as an industrial center, home to Fiat and several other industries engaged in war production (including RIV, Lancia and Snia Viscosa), Turin, the regional capital of Piedmont, suffered over a hundred raids by the Allied air ... [72%] 2023-11-26 [World War II strategic bombing] [History of Turin]...