Table of Data Points

Tag : Land

1940-07-141940-07-15Operation Ambassador

The second raid by the newly-formed British Commandos.

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1940-07-04Sudan

Italian border raid into Sudan.

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1940-06-301940-07-01Channel Islands

Germany occupies the Channel Islands.

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1940-06-241940-06-25British Commandos

British commandos make their first raids on the coast of France south of Boulogne sur Mer.

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1940-06-20Italy Invades

Italian forces move into southern France

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1940-06-14Fall of Paris

Having entered the city on the 4th of June, German troops complete the occupation of Paris.

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1940-06-1251st Highland Division

152nd and 153rd Brigades of the 51st Highland Infantry Division and elements of the French 10th army are trapped and subsequently surrender to Erwin Rommel.

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1940-06-12British Invasion Defences

Construction begins on infrastructure to defend the British Isles from invasion (anti-tank ditches, pillboxes etc..).

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1940-06-11Fort Capuzzo

The war in North Africa begins with a British raid on Fort Capuzzo in Libya.

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1940-05-28Operation Dynamo

On this day the Belgian Army Capitulates and Operation Dynamo continues.

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