Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-08
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By United Press
Year by year, month by month
CHRONOLOGY:
Sept. Germany launches four
week invasion of Poland.
Sept. 31Britain and France an.
nounce they are at war with Ger
many.
Nov. 20-Russia invades Finland
forcing Firms to accept peace terms
after three and one-half months of
bitter fighting.
May 2-Germans smash British
attempt to invade Nazi-occupied
Norway
May Winston Churchill be-
comes Prime Minister and Ger
mans invade the Low Countries.
June british extricate four
fifths of their forces at Dunkeroue
June Totally enters the war.
four days before the Nazis occupy
Paris.
June 14-Germans enter Paris
June 22-French accept German
peace terms in Armistice car at
Compiegne.
Aug. 1870 German planes shot
down in Battle of Britain.
1941
April 6-Germany invades Yugo-
slavia and takes over Greek invas-
ion from faltering Italians.
May British driven out of
Greece.
May 1o-Redolf Hess lands in
Britain by parachute.
June - German paratroopers
force British to yield Crete.
June 22-Germany invades Rus
Sia.
Sept. 11-Following attack on
q. S. destroyer Greer, President
orders Navy to shoot first.
Oct. 14-Germans smash to out
er defenses of Moscow, 60 miles
from the capital.
clares war on Germany and italy
after Germany and Italy declare
war on the u. S.
1912
July british 9th Army halts
Rommel at El Alamein.
Aug. 10-CommandoS raid Dieppe
Nov. Sit Gen. Bernard L.
Montgomery announces German
forces in full retreat.
Nov. 8-U. S. forces land in North
Africa.
Jan. 14-At Casablanca, Roose-
velt and Churchill decide on ''un-
conditional surrender" .a
Feb. 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, con-
quering it after five weeks of fight
ing.
July 25 - Mussolini quits and
Badoglio becomes Prime Minister.
Sept. 3-Italy surrenders uncon-
ditionally. Before armistice is an
nounced, five days later, Allies land
in southern Italy.
Oct. 13-Italy declares war on
Germany and is accepted by the
Allies as cO-belligerent.
Nov. 26-Roosevelt, Churchill and
Stain meet at Teheran.
1914
Jan. 22-Allied 5th Army troops
land behind Nazis below Rome. sse
March 15-Allies level Casino
with unprecedented but futile air
bombardment.
March 26-Red Army drives the
Germans back to the place from
which they invaded Russia.
March 3o-Red Army attacks Axis
terrictory for first time with cross
ing into Romania proper.
April 10 Russians recapture
Odessa, last major Russian city in
hands of Nazis.
May 8-RusSians recapture Sevas-
tapol, clearing Germans from the
Crimea.
May 11-Allies launch general Of
fensive 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 of eastern Germany.
June 4-Allied 5th Army cap
lures Rome.
June g. 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 23-Red Army opens its sum-
mer offensive with powerful thrust
toward Poland and the Baltic.
June 27-U. S. troops take Cher
bourg.
July 19-Soviet troops enter Ger
man-held Poland rs