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First Battle of El Alamein 1st July 1942 The First Battle of El Alamein (1st-27th July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II, fought between Axis forces commanded by Erwin Rommel, and Allied forces commanded by Claude… Read more...
The Battle of Kursk 4th July 1943 The biggest tank battle of the Second World War and the battle resulted in a severe crisis for Nazi Germany’s war machine in Russia. By the summer of 1943, the Russians had steadily advanced east.… Read more...
Turkish occupation of Cyprus 20th July 1974 Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a "coup d' etat", organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios. NATO's Council praises the United States and the United Kingdom for attempts to settle the dispute. Read more...
RAF Bomber Command formed 14th July 1936 RAF Bomber Command was the organisation that controlled the RAF's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. During World War II, the command destroyed a significant proportion of Nazi Germany's industries and many German cities, and… Read more...
WWII: Battle of Prokhorovka 12th July 1943 The Battle of Prokhorovka was fought on the Eastern Front during the Second World War as part of the Battle of Kursk in the Soviet Union. Principally, the German Wehrmacht's Fourth Panzer Army clashed with… Read more...
Start of Battle of Britain 10th July 1940 The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. Beginning with Channel Battles on… Read more...
