The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-08
nv United PRESS

BY UNITED PRESS
A chronology of important events
Of the European War to date:
1889
Sept. 1-Germany launches FOUR
week invasion of Poland.
Sept. 3-Britain and France an
nounce they are at war with Ter
many.
Nov. 3O.-Russia invades Finland
forcing Fins to accept peace
terms after three and one-han
months of bitter fighting.
1910
May 2-Germans smash BRUSH
attempt to invade Nazi-occupied
Norway.
Nav 1o-Winston Churchill be-
comes Prime Minister and Ger
mans invade the Low Countries.
June 2-British extricate four
fifths of their forces at Dunksrque.
June 10-Italy enters the war,
four days before the Nazls occupy
Paris.
June 14-Germans enter Paris.
June 22-French accept German
neace terms in Arrnistice car at
Compiegne.
Aug. 1910 German planes shot
down in Battle of Britain.
1871
April 6 - Germany invades
Yugoslavia and takes over Greek
inva sion from faltering Italians.
May / - British driven out OF
Greece.
May 1o-Rudoh Hess lands in
Britain by parachute.
June l - German paratroopers
force British to yield Crete.
June 22-Germany invades Rus
sia.
Sept. II - Following attack on
U. S. destroyer Greer, President
Roosevelt orders Navy to. shoot
FIRST.
Oct. 14-Germans smash to out
er defenses of Moscow, 60 miles
from the capital.
Dec. 11-American Congress de-
clares war on Germany and Italy
after Germany and Italy declare
war on the U. S.
1912
July british 9th Army halts
Rommel at Ell Alamein.
Aug. 10-Commandos raid dep
pc.
Nov. 5 - 1t. Gen. Bernard L.
Montgomery announces German
forces in North Africa in full re.
treat.
Nov. 8 u. S. forces land In
North Africa.
y Jan. 14-At Casablanca, Roose.
welt and Churchill decide on ''un-
conditional surrender"
Feb. 3-Berlin radio announces
loss of Battle Of Stalingrad.
May 12-Last German resistance
ends in North Africa following fall
of Tunis and Bizerte.
July 10 - Allies invade Sicily,
conquering it after five weeks Of
fighting.
July Is - Mussolini quits and
Badoglio becomes Prime Minister
Sept. 3-Italy surrenders uncon
ditionally. Before arms tice Is an
nounced, five days later, Allies
land in southern Italy.
Oct. 13-Italy declares war or
Germany and is accepted by the
Allies as a co-belligerent.
Nov. rs - Roosevelt, Churchill
and Stain meet at Teheran.
1914
Jan. 22-Allied 5th Army troops
land behind Nazis below Rome.
March IS - Allies level Casino
with unprecedented but futile air
bornbardment.
March 26-Red Army drives the
Germans back to the place from
which they invaded Russia:
March 30 - Red Army attacks
Axis territory for first time with
crossing into Romania proper.
April 10 - Russians recapture
Odessa, last major Russian city In
hands Of Nazis.
May 8-Russians recapture Sc.
vastapol, clearing Germans from
the Crimea.
May II - Allies launch general
offensive on the German winter
line in Italy.
June 2-U. S. Flying Fortresses
fly from British airfields to new
bases in Russia to inaugurate shut.
tie bombings on eastern Germany.
June 4 - Allied 9Th Army cap.
lures Rome.
June 6 ---D-Day Allied armies
storm Normandy beaches with his.
tory's greatest armada.
June 15-Germans unveil their
first secret weapon, raining scores
Of explosive-packed robot bombs
on southern England.
June % - Red Army opens its
summer offensive with powerful
thrust toward Poland and the Bal.
tic.
June 27-U. S. troops take Cher.
bourg.
July 10 - Soviet troops ente,
German held Poland.
July 20 - Assassination attempt
fails to kill Hitler, who initiate.
purge Of the German army.
Aug. 1-Patton's Sd Army burst.
out Of Normandy peninsula ontt
the plain Of Brittany.