Table of Data Points

Tag : Europe

1940-05-25Withdrawal to Dunkirk

The British Expiditionary Force begins to withdraw towards Dunkirk.

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1940-05-241940-06-08Alphabet

Allied troops from the harbour of Narvik in northern Norway marking the success of Nazi Germany's Operation Weserubung and the end of the British campaign in Norway during World War II.

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1940-05-23British Armour

British 1st Armoured Division begins landings at Cherbourg.

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1940-05-21Arras

An Allied counterattack against the flank of the German army, that took place near the town of Arras, in north-eastern France.

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1940-05-19Maxime Weygand

Weygand Gamelin is replaced by General Weygand as Commander in Chief of French military. Marshal Henri Petain becomes the new deputy Prime Minister of France.

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1940-05-17Brussels

German troops enter Brussels.

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1940-05-17Middelburg Bombed

The old city center of Middelburg was bombed to force the surrender of the Dutch armies in Zeeland. The city's archives were lost in the fire.

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1940-05-16Battle over the Ruhr

Six aircraft from No. 75 NZ Sqdn., this time as part of a force of 50 bombers detailed to attack objectives in the Ruhr and river crossings at Namur, Dinant and Givet.

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1940-05-14Montcornet

Charles de Gaulle was given command of the new 4th Armored Division and ordered to execute a counterattack toward Montcornet, with the objective of slowing the German advance.

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1940-05-14Rotterdam

Germans mistakenly bomb the city of Rotterdamn after it had surrendered.

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