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This Week in WWII – 1st Week of June

1940
Evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk ends. Nazi planes strike airfields, industrial sites, and buildings in Paris. This successful German effort to damage France’s economy, reduce its military, and create terror…
1941
The provisional French government is established.
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This Week in WWII – 4th Week of May

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1935
First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
1940
Evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk begins. The 27th is the worst day at Dunkirk. Churchill reprimands King Leopold of Belgium for seeking a separate peace with Germany. Conflict between Halifax and Churchill over Italy and the overall conduct of the war effort.
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This Week in WWII – 2nd Week of May

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1944
Germany launches the first V-1 rocket on Britain. U.S. defeats the Japanese in an air battle known as the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
1945
The Red Army releases Commonwealth and US POWs at Stalag III-A, Luckenwalde.
1946
75 Nazis go to trial for the Malmedy Massacre, which occurred on 12-17-1944.
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This Week in WWII – 1st Week of May

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1942
Japanese invasion repelled in Allied strategic victory. Surrender of all U.S. forces on Philippines.
1944
London Conference begins.
1945
VE Day (Victory in Europe Day). Germany surrenders, ending WW2 in Europe.
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This Week in WWII – 4th Week of April

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1939
Conscription Day in Great Britain.
1941
Greek King and ministers evacuate to Cyprus. British Expeditionary Forces begin evacuation of troops to Egypt and Crete. German Troops enter Athens, Greece. Greece surrenders to Nazis. Heinrich Himmler ordered construction of Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
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This Week in WWII – 3rd Week of April

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1940
French and British troops land in Norway.
1941
German troops occupy Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia surrenders to Nazis. The Wehermacht takes 345,000 prisoners as Yugoslav Army capitulates. British troops retreat from Mt. Olympus in Greece.
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This Week in WWII – 3rd Week of December

By Shawn Janes |

1939
First Canadian troops arrive in Britain.
1940
Hitler issued a definitive directive that Operation Barbarossa would begin on May 15, 1941…it didn’t actually begin until 6/22/1941.
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This Week in WWII – 2nd Week of December

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1941
Prince of Wales and Repulse sunk north of Singapore. Germany and Italy declare war on US. Japanese troops enter Burma.
1942
Hitler appoints Anton Mussert as the leader of the Netherlands.
1943
8th AF attacks Kassel, Germany.
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This Week in WWII – 2nd Week of October

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1938
German troops occupy the Sudetanland.
1940
Night-time raids throughout London and Manchester and fifteen airfields attacked. Germans postpone Operation Sea Lion until Spring of 1941. Jews are formally banned from public service, industry, the media and positions of authority in Vichy, France.
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This Week in WWII – 2nd Week of September

By Shawn Janes |

1939
Assassination attempt on Hitler-General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord in1939. Canada declares War on Germany.
1940
Long the isolationist with the view that Germany should negotiate with Hitler, Kennedy is quoted in the Boston Globe as, “Democracy is finished in England. It may be here.” Italy invades Egypt.
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