Table of Data Points

Tag : Germany

1940-08-22Shelling of Dover

German artillery being to shell Dover and it's surrounds.

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1940-08-17Blockade

Hitler declares a blockade of the British Isles.

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1940-08-121940-08-23Adlerangriff

"Eagle Attack", the early assault against the coastal airfields.

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1940-08-08Aufbau Ost

The code name for German mobilization for the invasion of the Soviet Union. On this day Hitler ordered Walter Warlimont, Deputy Chief of Alfred Jodl, to determine the positions of Soviet troops in the East.

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1940-07-23HMS Narwhal Sunk

A Do 17 bomber attacked submarines in the north sea. When the HMS Narwhal fails to return to base she is assumed to have been lost in that attack.

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1940-07-141940-07-15Operation Ambassador

The second raid by the newly-formed British Commandos.

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1940-07-10Kanalkampf

First dogfight between RAF and Luftwaffe involves over 100 aircraft.

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1940-07-02Kiel

RAF drop a 2000 pound bomb for the first time, on the cruiser Scharnhorts.

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1940-06-301940-07-01Channel Islands

Germany occupies the Channel Islands.

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1940-06-28Bucovina and Bessarabia

The Soviet Union demands that Bucovina and Bessarabia are ceded to USSR. Germany accepts demands.

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