Table of Data Points

Tag : Land

1941-06-27Bialystok Falls

German troops from Army Group North capture Bialystok during Operation Barbarossa.

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1941-06-221941-12-05Barbarossa

Over 4.5 million Axis troops, transported by 600,000 motor vehicles and 750,000 horses, invade the USSR along a 2,900 km front. Despite tactical success, this would be the last German offensive across the entire eastern front.

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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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1941-05-31Dublin Bombing

28 people are killed and 90 injured when Luftwaffe planes bomb a working class area of Dublin.

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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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1941-05-151941-05-16Operation Brevity

British counter-attack in Egypt

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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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1941-04-27German troops in Athens

After a 21 day campaign German troops enter Athens, completing their occupation of the Greek mainland.

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1941-04-23Athens Evacuated

King George II and the Greek government evacuate Athens in before advancing Germany troops arrive.

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1941-04-15Belfast Blitz

1000 people are killed when 200 German bombers attack Belfast in Northern Ireland.

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