<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cherbourg" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Cherbourg">Battle of Cherbourg</a> ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.