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1939: Rear-Admiral Hugh Sinclair, head of British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), died of cancer. Succeeded by his deputy, Colonel Stewart Menzies.
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1940: Franco says Spain is not prepared to enter war.
1940: Italian Naval Chief resigns, to be replaced by Admiral Campioni.
1940: The Western Desert Force is now fully concentrated for 'Operation Compass'.
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... later helping the Russians as they advanced.
* 1937: The Japanese army occupies Nanking, China.
1939. december 13. Az angolokkal vívott ütközetben súlyosan megsérült Admiral Graf Spee nevű német zsebcsatahajó a montevideói öbölbe húzódik, az uruguayi kormány azonban felszólítja, hogy három napon belül távozzon. Az ultimátum lejártát követő napon a legénység ... |
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1941: The Japanese launch another attack against Wake Island, overwhelming the small US garrison. Immediately after its capture, the Japanese rename the Island as Bird Island. Rear-Admiral Frank J. Fletcher's task force, which is still more that 400 miles away so it is diverted to Midway.
1941: American and Filipino troops of the North Luzon Force, begin to fall ... |
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Április 1.
73 April, MASADA (Eretz Israel)
Roman General Flavius Silva succeeded in breeching the Judean desert stronghold held by Elazar ben Yair. Of the 960 people who took refuge on Masada, only two women and five children survived. The rest chose suicide rather than slavery.
140 USHA (Eretz Israel)
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... into three columns, two of which race across the desert in an attempt to cut off the retreating British, while the third pushes up the coast road towards Benghazi.
1941: Rear Admiral Bonnetti, the commander of the Italian Red Sea Flotilla orders his seven destroyers out on 'do or die' missions. All the destroyers are sunk or captured without achieving any worthwhile re... |
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... rear communications.
1940: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns and is replaced by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, who forms a coalition government from all three main parties.
1941: The Luftwaffe launches a massive attack against London, the heaviest so far received by ... |
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1942: The British Chiefs of staff approve a major raid against the French port of Dieppe. Initially code-named 'Rutter', the plan had been under consideration since March by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Chief of Combined Operations, who wanting to explore the problems of an opposed landing on t... |
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... Hebrew were removed from libraries.
1940: The British Battleship Valiant, the Aircraft Carrier Illustrious and two Cruisers leave Gibraltar bound for Alexandria to reinforce Admiral Cunningham's Mediterranean fleet.
1940: In an effort to avert war between her allies Romania and Hungary and to secure his southern flank prior to attacking the Soviet Union, Ge... |
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... The United States modified its neutrality stance in World War II to allow ''cash and carry'' purchases of arms by belligerents, a policy favoring Britain and France.
1939: Rear-Admiral Hugh Sinclair, head of British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), died of cancer. Succeeded by his deputy, Colonel Stewart Menzies.
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... continues.
1940: Franco says Spain is not prepared to enter war.
1940: Italian Naval Chief resigns, to be replaced by Admiral Campioni.
1940: The Western Desert Force is now fully concentrated for 'Operation Compass'.
1940: Greeks take Argyroka... |
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remains were found for a burial to take place.
* 1937: The Japanese army occupies Nanking, China.
1939. december 13. Az angolokkal vívott ütközetben súlyosan megsérült Admiral Graf Spee nevű német zsebcsatahajó a montevideói öbölbe húzódik, az uruguayi kormány azonban felszólítja, hogy három napon belül távozzon. Az ultimátum lejártát követő napon a le... |
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1941: The Japanese launch another attack against Wake Island, overwhelming the small US garrison. Immediately after its capture, the Japanese rename the Island as Bird Island. Rear-Admiral Frank J. Fletcher's task force, which is still more that 400 miles away so it is diverted to Midway.
1941: American and Filipino troops of the North Luzon Force, begin to fall ... |
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... Mersa Brega, as it attempts to capture the town. The battle rages all day and results in the British withdrawing towards Agedabia.
1941: Major General Frederick Martin and Rear Admiral Patrick Bellinger, commanders, respectively, of the Army Air Corp and Navy in Hawaii, send a joint report to Washington warning that the Japanese may be planning an early-morning raid on... |
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... into three columns, two of which race across the desert in an attempt to cut off the retreating British, while the third pushes up the coast road towards Benghazi.
1941: Rear Admiral Bonnetti, the commander of the Italian Red Sea Flotilla orders his seven destroyers out on 'do or die' missions. All the destroyers are sunk or captured without achieving any worthwhile re... |
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... rear communications.
1940: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns and is replaced by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, who forms a coalition government from all three main parties.
1941: The Luftwaffe launches a massive attack against London, the heaviest so far received by ... |
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1942: The British Chiefs of staff approve a major raid against the French port of Dieppe. Initially code-named 'Rutter', the plan had been under consideration since March by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Chief of Combined Operations, who wanting to explore the problems of an opposed landing on t... |
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... Hebrew were removed from libraries.
1940: The British Battleship Valiant, the Aircraft Carrier Illustrious and two Cruisers leave Gibraltar bound for Alexandria to reinforce Admiral Cunningham's Mediterranean fleet.
1940: In an effort to avert war between her allies Romania and Hungary and to secure his southern flank prior to attacking the Soviet Union, Ge... |
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... The United States modified its neutrality stance in World War II to allow ''cash and carry'' purchases of arms by belligerents, a policy favoring Britain and France.
1939: Rear-Admiral Hugh Sinclair, head of British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), died of cancer. Succeeded by his deputy, Colonel Stewart Menzies.
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