The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-03
Germany In Year Of War Has Conquered
 Seven Countries Britain Still ReSiStS
Years Chronology of War
By United Press

By United Press Chronology outstanding events in the first year of the European Sept lomany invades bOmDardmens Sept 0ssa s d osd 1ss1Ss s vss oios' ios war on Sept 5Frnc troops occupy ncon into Ger " man territory. Sept s1oman pincers develop rapidly Western
 Poand casualties prisoners and material heavy Sept. 17-sovet begins occupying Eastern Poland. 2araw ends internationally after devastating ar pom Sept Germany and Russia divide makes first offer in Rechsag speech oct 1o-l2-German torpedoes British batp ROya Oct 14-French- British Turkish alliance signed Nov 7uen Wnhemna and King Leopold appeal for peace intensive magnetic mine campaign against ov 2rance Ban retaatory export embargo Nov Finland by land and air. starting short " Rawalpind in North Atlantic nans 1oaa soE first m 1ps s,e mtpS Rss state cruisers Exeter Ajax and Achilles ss nsas af Ro0e
 aeo Dsse German an wPnp forced to take refuge f Spec n @uh %us of @ F o @ nsn spe e eo %
 aRsssi mtsed suicide uisd sd Dec 90 Jan 1s-Helsnki heavily bombed Jan 22-Russia five onenses against Films ridicules Allied leaders They wanted war; h in destroyer cossack enters Norwegian forces
 German Atmark ashore; rescues more than SUI
 British seamen originally captured by Graf Spec
 tiuties ceasing March 1s. March Supreme Council in London agreed that no sep
 arate peace armstice shall be concluded April s-Aes mine Norwegian territorial waters 70 eGe 9 @ r
 asf4t sons e0as' 'n0OSA WHICH ~''~'' - 'e''' v A, nvade Denmark virtually without opposition; lands
 troops at Oo Bergen Stavanger, Tondhem Egersund and
 Nak Norway Buecher Karlsruhe sunk , n rt naval battle at Nak between destroyer
 many Britain April 12-Briish skaggerak and Ktegat April battehp warspte leads force into NarVk
 sinking desroyers and merchant shipping Apr ing n Increasing difficulties defending May withdraw from all Norway south of Trondheim May evacuated by British majority Commons rouceo 10
 crisis Norwegian campaign May iOsntakieg strikes Western Europe; Germany m'a0s' 10" gs ses ] eaass ma s'i, Belgian
 nse line of Albert crossed and forest of Ardennes penetrated. May 1s-oerman regiments nfltrate all along hns May sspy xsu s sss fss to n sa RsHs' Of May drive great bulge into French lines with Sedan as May 1eMeuse sU Tine line crvbles Allies begin
 German troops pour into Sedan bulge May Reynaud Dalaer French premier May ls-Gen weygand of Allied
 armies Germans capture St. Quentin and Le Cateau drve May 2o-Germans Cambrai- ai-Peronne road May Belgium withdraw behind River Lys France removes May 2s-Germans reach Channel force occupy Bouosne May 27-Germans reach Calais. May King Leopold sit
 uation catastrophe Allied troops capture Narvk May 2s-Germans Ypre Iile, Armenteres May evacuation begins under rain of bombs June 4Dmkk evacuation by mosquito feet compeoed SS0ooO
 saved but all equipment lost me sNew German offensive against provised along  Aisne begins. June s-somme- front begins to crumbe Frges-es-
  June Entire front in confusion with nftrations everywhere June 10ay Allies withdraw
 from Narvik, nqudatng entire venture in Norway June 11-Germans close in on Paris. June l2-oermans the Marne June 14-Germans enter Paris f offensive against Magnot garrsos begins Rus enters Lthuania. Philippe premier of France
 asks for arice Russia enters @ Latya @ and Estona B. E. evacuation Brittany in full swing June 20-Armisice negotiations begin at Compiegne giving Germany full control of entire French
 Atlantic coast. 25-Armisice with Italy signed. June 26-HostiIties In l2:S5 A. M Rumana; begins ccpaon of Bes-
 sarabia following day. July s-Naval mmoblz of French
 fleet. Alexandria to obize
 hattleship, four cruisers, smaller craft before Italian offensive in East Africa Sydney Bartoomeo Col
 eoni in Mediterranean. Aug. SomaIland. Aug deep British sBan withdrawal of all troops from North China Aug planes England from Portland Thames estuary. Aug. l2-GGman air bntzkrieg against British Aug. lz-Britsh planes bomb Turin and Milan Aug i-0emany proclam total blockade" of British Isles Aug. ie-Britain whdraws British somaland.