<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwARc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aerial" id="mwARg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Aerial">Operation Aerial</a> begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.