Table of Data Points
1942-03-12 | 1942-03-13 | Channel Dash | Scharnhorst,Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen succesfully escape up-channel from Brest to home bases in Germany. The Kriegsmarine escape detection for more than 12 hours before they were attacked by British air and naval forces. They escape without heavy damage. | Read about 'Channel Dash' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Channel Dash' | |
1942-02-03 | Timimi falls | As part of Rommel's second offensive, DAK troops advance through Cyrenaica until they reached Timimi. The DAK stayed here until the 26th of May when Rommel launched his attack to outflank the defenders of Tobruk on the Gazala line. | Read about 'Timimi falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Timimi falls' | ||
1942-01-29 | Benghazi falls | Rommel's DAK advances towards Tobruk during his second offensive. | Read about 'Benghazi falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Benghazi falls' | ||
1942-01-21 | Second Offensive Begins | Having received 55 new tanks, Rommel launches his second offensive. During the advance to Gazala, DAK troops destroyed 110 Allied tanks and other heavy equipment. | Read about 'Second Offensive Begins' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Second Offensive Begins' | ||
1942-01-20 | Wannsee Conference | The presentation of the plan for the deportation of the Jewish population of Europe and French North Africa to occupied areas in eastern Europe. It detailed their use in forced labour and the plan for their subsequent annihilation. | Read about 'Wannsee Conference' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Wannsee Conference' | ||
1942-01-05 | Soviets at Eupatoria | German forces prevent Soviets from landing troops in Southern Ukraine | Read about 'Soviets at Eupatoria' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Soviets at Eupatoria' | ||
1941-12-19 | Hitler Supreme Commander | Adolf Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army. | Read about 'Hitler Supreme Commander' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Hitler Supreme Commander' | ||
1941-12-15 | Drobytsky Yar | In a -15 degrees Celsius temperatures, German troops execute over 15,000 Jews at Drobitsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine. | Read about 'Drobytsky Yar' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Drobytsky Yar' | ||
1941-12-12 | Hitler condemns Jews | A meeting between Adolf Hitler and the highest ranking officials of the Nazi party, where he declares the imminent destruction of the Jewish race. | Read about 'Hitler condemns Jews' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Hitler condemns Jews' | ||
1941-12-08 | Chelmno Gas Vans | Gas vans are first used as a means of execution, at the Chelmno extermination camp near Lodz in Poland. | Read about 'Chelmno Gas Vans' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Chelmno Gas Vans' |
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