Table of Data Points

Tag : Europe

1940-07-04We shall fight ...

In the wake of the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force from France at Dunkirk, Winston Churchill gives his famous speech in the House of Commons.

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1940-07-03Mers el Kbir

A British Royal Navy task force attacked and destroyed much of the French fleet, killing 1,297. Vichy France had signed an armistice with Germany and Britain feared that the French navy would be used by Germany.

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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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1940-06-28De Gaulle - Leader of the Free French

Britain recognizes Charles de Gaulle as leader of the Free French.

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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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1940-06-24Franco-Italian Armistice

France and Italy sign armistice.

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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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1940-06-22Armistice

French General Charles Huntziger signs the second armistice between France and Germany, at Compiegne. It established a German occupation zone in Northern France (including Atlantic and Channel ports). The remainder is governed by the French Vichy regime.

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1940-06-20Italy Invades

Italian forces move into southern France

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