Table of Data Points
1941-04-15 | Belfast Blitz | 1000 people are killed when 200 German bombers attack Belfast in Northern Ireland. | Read about 'Belfast Blitz' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Belfast Blitz' | ||
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' | |
1941-03-27 | 1941-03-29 | Battle of Cape Matapan | Strategic victory for the Allies over Italian navy. | Read about 'Battle of Cape Matapan' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Cape Matapan' | |
1941-03-17 | U-100 Sunk | HMS Vanoc uses radar to locate U-100, the first time this technology was used successfully against u-boats. Only 6 of the 53 crew members survived when Vanoc rammed and sank the submarine. | Read about 'U-100 Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'U-100 Sunk' | ||
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' | ||
1941-02-23 | HMS Terror | After being spotted by a recon Ju-88, 5 Ju-88s from Catania made dive bomb attacks on the HMS Terror. She sunk the following morning. Terror was, by displacement, the largest warship sunk in the Mediterranean by Ju-88s during the entire war. | Read about 'HMS Terror' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'HMS Terror' |
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