Table of Data Points

Tag : Britain

1940-06-07King Haakon

King Haakon, Crown Prince Olav, and the Cabinet Nygaardsvold evacuate Tromso aboard HMS Devonshire.

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1940-05-28Operation Dynamo

On this day the Belgian Army Capitulates and Operation Dynamo continues.

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1940-05-28Narvick

Allias capture Narvick

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1940-05-27Le Paradis massacre

99 POWs from the Royal Norfolk Regiment are massacred by German troops from 14th Company, 3rd SS Division Totenkopf. Two men survive to testify against SS Hauptsturmfhrer Fritz Knchlein at trial. He is executed.

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1940-05-25Withdrawal to Dunkirk

The British Expiditionary Force begins to withdraw towards Dunkirk.

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1940-05-241940-06-08Alphabet

Allied troops from the harbour of Narvik in northern Norway marking the success of Nazi Germany's Operation Weserubung and the end of the British campaign in Norway during World War II.

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1940-05-23British Armour

British 1st Armoured Division begins landings at Cherbourg.

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1940-05-21Arras

An Allied counterattack against the flank of the German army, that took place near the town of Arras, in north-eastern France.

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1940-05-16Battle over the Ruhr

Six aircraft from No. 75 NZ Sqdn., this time as part of a force of 50 bombers detailed to attack objectives in the Ruhr and river crossings at Namur, Dinant and Givet.

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1940-05-14Queen Wilhelmina

Queen Wilhelmina and the Dutch government evacuate to London ahead of advancing German troops.

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