Table of Data Points

Tag : Germany

1940-04-09Konigsberg

German cruiser Konigsberg is sunk during Norway operations.

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1940-04-09Copenhagen

German troops take Copenhagen

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1940-04-08Glowworm

The British destoryer Glowworm encounters German forces supporting the Norway invasion. Glowworm rams the cruiser Admiral Hipper before she is sunk.

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1940-04-06Orion

Orion (auxiliary cruiser) sets out.

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1940-03-31Atlantis

Atlantis, the first of the german auxiliary cruisers sets out.

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1940-03-18Brenner Pass

Mussolini meets Hitler at Brenner Pass and promises that Italy will enter the war.

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1940-03-16Scapa Flow

A German air raid at Scapa Flow damages a cruiser and causes the first civilian casualties in Britain of the war.

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1940-02-16Cossack

Norway's neutrality is violated by both sides as Britain sends the HMS Cossack to rescue British sailors who had been captured when their ships were sunk by the Graf Spree

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1940-01-10Mechelem

A German plane makes a forced landing in this Belgium town, near Mosa's river. The two germans take's with them a plan of the German ofensive. In anticipation of the violation of Belgian neutrality.

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1939-12-18Schillig Roads

Fifteen of Twenty Two RAF bombers are lost in a daylight bombing raid on the Schillig Roads.

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