Table of Data Points
1941-04-10 | 1941-11-27 | Siege of Tobruk | The siege began when Tobruk was attacked by an Italian-German force under Rommel and continued for 240 days. The besieged troops were relieved by the Eighth Army during Operation Crusader. | Read about 'Siege of Tobruk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Siege of Tobruk' | |
1941-04-06 | 1941-04-29 | Operation Marita | German invasion of Bulgaria and Greece sweeping German victory over Greek and Allied forces in 24 days completed with the fall of Kalamata | Read about 'Operation Marita' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Marita' | |
1941-04-06 | 1941-04-17 | Invasion of Yugoslavia | Attacking from Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, Axis troops sweep into Yugoslavia and overwhelm the defending Royal Yugoslav Army which surrendered unconditionally. Yugoslavia was subsequently divided amongst Germany, and it's allies. | Read about 'Invasion of Yugoslavia' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Invasion of Yugoslavia' | |
1941-04-05 | 1941-04-06 | Addis Ababa | Italian held Addis Ababa surrendered to British and Ethiopian forces | Read about 'Addis Ababa' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Addis Ababa' | |
1941-03-08 | Greek-Italian Stalemate | Greek counter-offensive into Albania stalls and enters a stalemate. | Read about 'Greek-Italian Stalemate' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Greek-Italian Stalemate' | ||
1941-03-04 | Operation Claymore | A combined British Commando, Norwegian and Royal Engineers force raid the Lofoten Islands in Norway. They successfully destroy fish oil factories and some 3,600 tonnes of oil and glycerine, 18,000 tons of shipping are also sunk. | Read about 'Operation Claymore' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Claymore' | ||
1941-02-12 | Rommel in Tripoli | Erwin Rommel, the 'Desert Fox' arrives in Tripoli. He would go on to transform the North-African campaign from a side show into a major theater of the war. | Read about 'Rommel in Tripoli' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Rommel in Tripoli' | ||
1941-02-03 | 1941-04-01 | Keren | The colonial Italian army defending Eritrea was eventually defeated by the invading British and Commonwealth forces. | Read about 'Keren' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Keren' | |
1941-01-31 | Agordat | Four mark I tanks are decisive in the capture of the Italian strongpoint at Agordat. Some of the garrison escapes overnight but, 1000 troops and 43 guns are captured. | Read about 'Agordat ' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Agordat ' | ||
1941-01-22 | Allies capture Tobruk | 7th Armoured Division with Australian 19th Brigade capture Tobruk during Operation Compass. | Read about 'Allies capture Tobruk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Allies capture Tobruk' |
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