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General Erich von Manstein captures Sevastopol on the Black Sea. 2nd July, 1942
Donald Bennett appointed as commander of the Pathfinder Force. 5th July, 1942
Japanese Army land on Guadalcanal. 7th July, 1942
The Messerschmitt Me 262 makes its first test flight. 18th July, 1942
The Royal Air Force bomb Hamburg in Germany. 26th July, 1942
Alexander Vandegrift and the US Marines land on Guadalcanal. 7th August, 1942
The US Marines use the Navajo Code for the first time. 7th August, 1942
General Bernard Montgomery is appointed commander of the British
13th August, 1942
8th Army.
The Flying Fortress begins making first daylight bombing raids on
17th August, 1942
Europe.
5,000 Canadian and 1,000 British troops raid the port of Dieppe in
19th August, 1942
France.
The German Army enters Stalingrad. 24th August, 1942
The Duke of Kent dies in an air crash in Scotland. 25th August, 1942
Erwin Rommel attacks Eighth Army at Alam el Halfa. 30th August, 1942
The B-29 Stratafortress makes its first flight. 21st September, 1942
General Bernard Montgomery orders counter-attack at El Alamein. 23rd October, 1942
Thomas Kinkaid faces Nobutake Kondo at the Battle of Santa Cruz 26th October, 1942
Islands.
Hornet is sunk during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. 27th October, 1942
The German Army defeated at El Alamein. 4th November, 1942
General Dwight D. Eisenhower,leads the invasion of Tunisia. 8th November, 1942
Admiral Jean Darlan surrenders French North Africa to Dwight D.
11th November, 1942
Eisenhower.
Adolf Hitler orders the occupation of Vichy France. 11th November, 1942
Benito Mussolini orders the occupation of Corsica. 11th November, 1942
Nobutake Kondo launches battle off Savo Island. 11th November, 1942
The British Army recaptures Tobruk. 12th November, 1942
Admiral William Halsey leads successful naval campain at Guadalcana. 13th November, 1942
Erich von Manstein and the 4th Panzer Army begin the attempt to
12th December, 1942
relieve the 6th Army.
Admiral Jean Darlan assassinated by member of French Resistance in
24th December, 1942
Algiers.
The Luftwaffe renews its air attacks on London. 18th January, 1943
The Allies capture Tripoli. 23rd January, 1943
British and US military aircraft begin round-the-clock bombing of Nazi
25th February, 1943
Germany.
Jurgen von Arnium replaces Erwin Rommel as commander of the
9th March, 1943
Deutsches Afrika Korps.
Germany announces the discovery of 4,443 Polish officers at Katyn in the
13th April, 1943
Soviet Union.
Yitzhak Zuckerman leads the Warsaw Uprising. 19th April, 1943
The Allies capture Tunis. 7th May, 1943
Over 130,000 members of the German Army surrender in Tunisia. 13th May, 1943
Wing Commander Guy Gibson leads the Dambusters Raid. 16th May, 1943
Jean Moulin holds the first meeting of the Conseil National de la
27th May, 1943
Resistance in Paris.
Jean Moulin, leader of the French Resistance, murdered by the Gestapo. 8th July, 1943
A German aircraft bombs Whitehall Cinema in East Grinstead and kills
9th July, 1943
235 people.
Allied troops land on German-occupied Sicily. 10th July, 1943
Air Marshall Arthur Harris orders further bombing of Hamburg. 24th July, 1943
Victor Emmanuel III dismisses Benito Mussolini from office in Italy. 25th July, 1943
The Red Army recaptures the city of Kharkov. 23rd August, 1943
Bernard Montgomery and the 8th Army land at Reggio in Italy. 3rd September, 1943
The Tirpitz and Scharnhorst bombard the Spitzbergen weather station. 7th September, 1943
Benito Mussolini is rescued from prison by a team led by Otto Skorzeny. 12th September, 1943
Benito Mussolini establishes a new fascist government at Salo on Lake
15th September, 1943
Garda, Italy.
Italy's new prime minister, Pietro Badoglio, signs armistice with the
23rd September, 1943
Allies.
The Red Army recaptures the city of Smolensk. 25th September, 1943
Corsica becomes the first region of France to be liberated. 1st September, 1943
General Mark Clark and 5th Army capture Naples. 13th October, 1943
Italy's prime minister, Pietro Badoglio, declares war on Germany. 13th October, 1943
Evans Carlson and the 2nd Raider Battalion land in Guadalcana. 4th November, 1943
The Red Army recaptures the city of Kiev. 6th November, 1943
The intensive bombing of Berlin by the RAF begins. 18th November, 1943
Allied invasion of the Gilbert Islands. 20th November, 1943
Eduard Benes and Joseph Stalin sign a Soviet-Czech peace treaty in
12th December, 1943
Moscow.
The Scharnhorst is sunk by the Duke of York off the coast of Norway. 26th December, 1943
Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin meet at
28th December, 1943
Tehran in Iran.
General John Lucas and US 5th Army land at Anzio. 22nd January, 1944
Allied invasion of the Marshall Islands. 31st January, 1944
Allied forces bomb monastery at Monte Cassino. 15th February, 1944
The Luftwaffe make their heaviest raids on London since May 1941. 19th February, 1944
Merrill's Marauders begin their first campaign in Burma. 24th February, 1944
Orde Wingate launches Operation Thursday in Burma. 5th March, 1944
United States Air Force begin daylight air attacks on Berlin. 6th March, 1944
Orde Wingate killed in plane crash in Burma. 14th March, 1944
Erwin Rommel is forced to commit suicide by the Nazi government. 14th October, 1944
General Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines. 20th October, 1944
General Walter Krueger and the US 6th Army landed on Leyte. 22nd October, 1944
The Battle of Leyte Gulf begins. 24th October, 1944
Bulgaria signs an armistice with the Allies. 28th October, 1944
The Tirpitz is sunk after being hit by Tallboy bombs. 12th November, 1944
The Red Army establish new government in Hungary. 21st December, 1944
The British 14th Army begin a new offensive in Burma. 3rd January, 1945
US forces make landings on the island of Luzon. 9th January, 1945
The Red Army liberate Warsaw. 17th January, 1945
The Red Army capture Budapest. 18th January, 1945
Start of Operation Ten-Go. 2nd February, 1945
Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt meet at the
4th February, 1945
Yalta Conference.
Air Marshall Arthur Harris orders the bombing of Dresden. 13th February, 1945
United States Army land on Iwo Jima. 19th February, 1945
United States Army capture Manila, the capital of the Philippines. 28th February, 1945
United States Army Air Force creates firestorm in Tokyo. 9th March, 1945
British and Indian troops capture Mandalay in Burma. 20th March, 1945
United States Army cross the River Rhine between Mainz and
22nd March, 1945
Mannheim.
Last V2 Rocket lands on Britain. 27th March, 1945
The Red Army enters Austria. 29th March, 1945
United States Army land on Okinawa. 1st April, 1945
A 700 plane kamikaze attack sink and damage 13 US destroyers.. 6th April, 1945
The Japanese giant battleship Yamato sunk off Okinawa. 7th April, 1945
General Harold Alexander and British forces mount a new offensive in
9th April, 1945
northern Italy.
Pastor Dietrich Bonhoffer is hanged by the Nazi authorities. 9th April, 1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt dies and is replaced by Harry S. Truman. 12th April, 1945
Liberation of Belsen and Buchenwald. 13th April, 1945
Ernie Pyle, America's most famous war journalist, killed by Japanese
17th April, 1945
sniper.
Liberation of Dachau. 25th April , 1945
United Nations Conference held in San Francisco. 25th April , 1945
Benito Mussolini is executed in Milan by Italian partisans. 28th April , 1945
German forces in Italy surrender to the Allies. 29th April , 1945
Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide. 30th April, 1945
Joseph Goebbels commits suicide. 1st May , 1945
Commander of German troops in Berlin surrenders. 2nd May, 1945
Queen Wilhelmina returns to the Netherlands. 2nd May, 1945
Frank Messervy and his troops captures Ragoon in Burma. 3rd May, 1945
All military forces in Germany surrender to the Allies. 4th May, 1945
Denmark liberated by Allied trrops. 5th May, 1945
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