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Tag : Europe

1942-03-22Second Battle of Sirte

A Italian force led by a battleship and two heavy cruisers fails to destroy a British convoy, but delays the ships enough to leave them exposed to subsequent air attacks, during which 80% of the convoy's supplies are lost.

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1942-03-121942-03-13Channel 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.

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1942-01-26US Troops in Europe

U.S. Troops arrive in Europe, landing in Northern Ireland.

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1942-01-20Wannsee 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.

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1942-01-05Soviets at Eupatoria

German forces prevent Soviets from landing troops in Southern Ukraine

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1941-12-21Sinking of HMS Audacity

Sinking of the HMS Audacity by the U-751 while excorting convoy HG76

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1941-12-19Hitler Supreme Commander

Adolf Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army.

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1941-12-15Drobytsky 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.

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1941-12-12Hitler 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.

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1941-12-08Chelmno Gas Vans

Gas vans are first used as a means of execution, at the Chelmno extermination camp near Lodz in Poland.

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