History timelines for Britain Flashcards
(7 cards)
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WW2 - 1939
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- Western Europe - GB & France declared war on Germany (3 September)
- Eastern Europe - Nazi-Soviet Pact (August) Poland invaded & divided between Germany & USSR (September
- Sea - Churchill 1st Lord of Admiralty (September) Graf Spee sunk (December)
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WW2 - 1940
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- Western Europe - Ger. conquered Denmark & Norway (April) Holland & Belgium surrendered (May) BEF evacuated from Dunkirk (May-June) France surrendered (June)
- Air - RAF defeated Luftwaffe in Battle of Britain (July-September), preventing German invasion
- Sea - Churchill promoted to PM (10 May)
- Mediterranean - Italy invaded Egypt from Libya (November) & Churchill decided to reinforce British army there Brits expelled Italians from Egypt & invaded Libya (Dec) Successful Brit attack on Ital. Navy at Taranto (Nov)
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WW2 - 1941
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- Eastern Europe - Hitler invaded USSR (June) but failed to capture Moscow (December)
- Sea - German battleship Bismarck sunk (May)
- Far East - Japan attacked Pearl Harbor & captured Hong Kong (Dec)
- Mediterranean - Germans arrived in N Africa (February) & pushed Brits back into Egypt (June) Naval victory over Itals. at Cape Matapan, (Mar)
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WW2 - 1942
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- Western Europe - Unsuccessful Brit raid on Dieppe (August)
- Eastern Europe - German offensive in southern USSR Decisive Soviet victory at Stalingrad (Nov 42 – Feb 43
- Air - RAF bombing offensive started with bombing of Lübeck (March)
- Sea - U boat attacks reduced Brit imports to only 1/3 of pre-war level
- Far East - Japs conquered Malaya & Singapore surrendered (Feb) Japan conquered Burma (March-May), threatening India
- Mediterranean - Tobruk lost (June) Defensive Brit victory in 1st Battle of El Alamein (July) then decisive victory in 2nd battle (Oct-Nov) Operation Torch (Nov)
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WW2 - 1943
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- Eastern Europe - Decisive Soviet victory at Kursk (July); from then on Germans continually retreating
- Air - Bombing of Hamburg (July) killed 40,000
- Sea - Battle of Atlantic won (May): U boats could no longer hunt in packs
- Mediterranean - Axis forces surrendered in Tunisia (May), ending N African campaign Sicily invaded (July) Italy invaded (Sep) & surrendered
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WW2 - 1944
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- Western Europe - D Day: GB & USA invaded France (June) Paris liberated (August) France liberated (September) Failure of Operation “Market Garden” at Arnhem (Sep) Battle of the Bulge (Dec 44 – Jan 45)
- Eastern Europe - Red Army expelled Germans from USSR & invaded Poland (July) Stalin allowed Germans to crush Warsaw Uprising (August) USSR conquered Romania (August) & Hungary (Sep 44 – Feb 45)
- Air - Decisive air superiority over Luftwaffe achieved (April)
- Far East - Brits invaded Burma (Dec)
- Mediterranean - Brit forces landed at Anzio & besieged Monte Casino south of Rome (Jan-May) Rome captured (June)
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WW2 - 1945
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- Western Europe - US crossed Rhine (March) Germany surrendered (May)
- Eastern Europe - Red Army invaded Germany (January) & entered Berlin (April)
- Air - Bombing of Dresden (Feb) killed 30,000
- Far East - Japs driven out of Burma (May) & surrendered (August)
- Mediterranean - Ger. forces in Italy surrendered (May
