Jim Baker Posted October 30, 2010 Share #26 Posted October 30, 2010 A time saver....... http://www.onwar.com/chrono/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share #27 Posted November 16, 2010 November 15, 1940 US flying boats begin patrols from bases in Bermuda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share #28 Posted November 25, 2010 November 26, 1940 Work begins on a Jewish ghetto in Warsaw where the Germans intend to herd the Jewish population. The Germans describe the move as a “health measure”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share #29 Posted December 9, 2010 December 9, 1940 The British begin an offensive in the western desert of North Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share #30 Posted January 29, 2011 January 22, 1941 The Italian garrison at Tobruk surrenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share #31 Posted March 5, 2011 February 12, 1941 General Rommel arrives in Tripoli. On the 14th, the first units of what will become the Africa Korps begin to land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share #32 Posted April 3, 2011 March 16-17, 1941 In the Battle of the Atlantic, U.99 and U.100 are sunk in a convoy battle. This makes three leading U-boat captains killed or captured in March - Prien, Kretschmer and Schepke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share #33 Posted April 10, 2011 April 6, 1941 German forces invade Yugoslavia and Greece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share #34 Posted April 16, 2011 April 13-17, 1941 Italian and German forces attack Tobruk in North Africa, but are beaten off by the Australians and British. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share #35 Posted May 17, 2011 May 9, 1941 German code books and an Enigma cipher machine are taken after U.110 is captured by the British. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share #36 Posted May 17, 2011 May 10, 1941 Rudolf Hess, second in line as heir to Hitler, flies to Britain on a bizarre peace mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share #37 Posted June 14, 2011 May 24, 1941 The British battle-cruiser Hood is sunk after an engagement with the Bismark and Prinz Eugen. Only 3 of 1416 crew members survive. On May 27, the Bismark is finished off by British naval forces including the Rodney, King George V, Dorsetshire and Norfolk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share #38 Posted June 25, 2011 June 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa, the German attack on the Soviet Union, begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share #39 Posted July 6, 2011 July 5, 1941 The German Sixth Army breaches the Soviet defense line west of Zhitomir. Farther north, the German advance reaches the Dniepr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share #40 Posted July 17, 2011 July 17, 1941 The Germans develop an important bridgehead over the Dniepr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share #41 Posted September 3, 2011 It has been over a month since I have updated. During this time, relations between the US and Japan have been strained, the Germans have continued their advance on the eastern front, the U-boat fleet has had moderate success and after reorganization Rommel has command of two panzer divisions and one infantry division in North Africa. Sept 1, 1941 The attacking German forces are now within artillery range of Leningrad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share #42 Posted September 15, 2011 Sept 6, 1941 By order of Heydrich, all Jews over the age of six are required to wear a Star of David badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share #43 Posted October 4, 2011 Sept 12, 1941 Guderian's and Kleist's forces link up near Kiev, cutting off a huge Soviet force of at least 600,000 men. The first snowfall on the Eastern Front is reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share #44 Posted October 4, 2011 Sept 19, 1941 Kiev finally falls to the Germans after more than 40 days of fighting. Soviet losses in the battle are estimated at over 500,000 men, the Germans have lost about 100,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share #45 Posted October 4, 2011 Sept 27, 1941 Von Neurath resigns his post as the German governor of Bohemia and Moravia. His replacement is Reinhard Heydrich, who quickly gains a justly vile reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share #46 Posted October 4, 2011 October 2, 1941 The German attack on Moscow, Operation Typhoon, officially begins. (Guderian's Second Panzer Army had begun the advance two days earlier) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share #47 Posted October 23, 2011 October 20, 1941 The German commander in Nantes, France is shot by resistance workers. Fifty hostages are shot in reprisal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share #48 Posted November 20, 2011 November 14, 1941 The British carrier Ark Royal sinks off Gibraltar after being damaged by German U-Boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share #49 Posted November 20, 2011 November 15, 1941 The German Moscow offensive is renewed. German units are under strength from combat losses and from the ravages of winter. The losses will continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55rab Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share #50 Posted November 20, 2011 November 18, 1941 In North Africa, the British Eighth Army launches Operation Crusader against Rommel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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