Table of Data Points

Tag : Land


	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'
	1941-12-08	1941-12-25	Battle of Hong Kong	Eighteen days after the battle began, British colonial officials headed by the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Aitchison Young, surrendered in person at the Japanese headquarters. This day is known in Hong Kong as "Black Christmas".	Read about 'Battle of Hong Kong' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Battle of Hong Kong'
	1941-12-08		Batan Island Landing	The Japanese 14th Army began its invasion of the Philippines with a landing on Batan Island (not to be confused with Bataan Peninsula), 190 km off the north coast of Luzon	Read about 'Batan Island Landing' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Batan Island Landing'
	1941-12-08	1942-03-15	Battle of Singapore	The Japanese assault on the Allied stronghold at Singapore, the "Gibraltar of the East". About 80,000 British, Australian and Indian troops became POWs. Churchill called the fall of Singapore the "worst disaster" in British history.	Read about 'Battle of Singapore' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Battle of Singapore'
	1941-12-08	1941-12-10	First Battle of Guam	Almost 6000 Japanese troops quickly overwhelm the small US garrison of Marines (547) stationed on Guam.	Read about 'First Battle of Guam' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'First Battle of Guam'
	1941-12-06		Finland	The United Kingdom declares war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War.	Read about 'Finland' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Finland'
	1941-12-05		Moscow Winter	Eighty-eight Soviet divisions, shielded by a blizzard, attack sixty-seven German divisions spread along a five hundred mile front. German forces, ill equipped to deal with the Russian winter, are pushed back.	Read about 'Moscow Winter' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Moscow Winter'
	1941-10-30		Belzec	1,500 Jews from Pidhaytsi (in western Ukraine) are sent by Nazis to Belzec extermination camp.	Read about 'Belzec' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Belzec'
	1941-10-30	1942-07-04	Siege of Sevastopol	Despite numerous setbacks and high casualties, with the help of highly effective aerial bombardment (to make up for a shortage in artillery), Axis forces capture the port city.	Read about 'Siege of Sevastopol' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Siege of Sevastopol'
	1941-10-22		Guy Mquet Executed	French hero of the resistance Guy Mquet is executed by the Germans, along with 29 other hostages as a retaliation for a killed German officer.	Read about 'Guy Mquet Executed' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Guy Mquet Executed'

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