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Tag : Britain

1941-06-081941-07-10Syria-Lebanon campaign

Successful Allied land, air and sea campaign against Vichy domination of Lebanon and Syria resulting in Free French control of Lebanon and Syria until those states gained independence and themselves declared war against the Axis powers

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1941-05-31Iraq

Armistice was signed and the monarchy, with a pro-British government, was put back in place.

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1941-05-27Bismarck

After a long chase the Royal Navy sinks the Bismarck.

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1941-05-24Battle of Denmark Strait

The pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood is sunk by the German battleship Bismarck during the Battle of Denmark Straight. Three crewmen survive the sinking.

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1941-05-201941-05-30Operation Mercury

The Battle of Crete was a battle during World War II on the Greek island of Crete. The battle began on the morning of 20 May, 1941, when Nazi Germany launched an airborne invasion of Crete under the code-name Unternehmen Merkur ("Operation Mercury").

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1941-05-16Last German Air Raid

German bombers attack London in what would be the last major air raid on the British capital.

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1941-05-151941-05-16Operation Brevity

British counter-attack in Egypt

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1941-05-10Hess flight to Scotland

Deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess flies to Scotland to attempt to negotiate peace with Britain. Instead he was arrested and imprisoned.

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1941-05-10House of Commons Bombed

The British House of Commons is damaged in a German air raid.

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1941-05-021941-05-31Anglo-Iraqi War

Conflict between the United Kingdom and the nationalist government of Iraq during World War II.

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