* 1941: 'Operation Barbarossa', the massive German invasion of the Soviet Union by three million troops, begins.
* 1944: British and Indian troops meet at Milestone 110, ending the Japanese sieges of Kohima and Imphal, Burma.
* 1948: SS 'Empire Windrush' docks at Tilbury, beginning post-war immigration to Britain from the Commonwealth.
* 1944: British and Indian troops meet at Milestone 110, ending the Japanese sieges of Kohima and Imphal, Burma.
* 1948: SS 'Empire Windrush' docks at Tilbury, beginning post-war immigration to Britain from the Commonwealth.