This Month's Honour Roll, History & Events
commemorates those members of my family tree who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, "Their Name Liveth For Evermore".
April 1939-1945
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1U.S. troops land on Okinawa▶1945
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2German Lt Gen. Erwin Rommel, "the Desert Fox", recaptures Libya▶1941
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5British HMS Tenedos sunk "by aircraft during attack on Colombo"▶1942British HMS Cornwall, HMS Dorsetshire sunk "by Japanese dive bombers, Indian Ocean"▶1942
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6Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece▶1941British HMS Havock sunk "grounded, total loss, off Kelibia, Tunisia"▶1942
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8Operation Wilfred▶1940British destroyer HMS Glowworm sunk "by gunfire, Admiral Hipper, off Norway"▶1940
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9Germany invades Denmark and Norway▶1940British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes sunk "by Japanese aircraft off Ceylon"▶1942
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10British destroyer HMS Hardy sunk "driven ashore, gunfire, Narvik"▶1940Siege of Tobruk starts▶1941
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11British HMS Kingston sunk "by aircraft bombs, at Malta"▶1942British HMS Beverley sunk "ex USS Branch by U-188, N Atlantic"▶1943
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14The Enigma code is deciphered▶1940Norwegian escort destroyer Eskdale sunk "by E-boat torpedo off Lizard Head, Cornwall, SW England"▶1943
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16British HMS Mohawk sunk "torpedoed by destroyer, East of Tunisia Sunk by own"▶1941▶1945
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18Doolittle B-25s Raid on Nagoya, Tokyo▶1942
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20Operation Corncob▶1945
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23Baedeker Blitz on England▶1942
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25U.S. D-Day Utah rehearsal disaster, Tiger▶1944
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26The Gestapo secret police is established in Germany▶1933
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29Germany surrenders in Italy▶1945British HMS Goodall sunk "ex USS Reybold by U-286, Kola Inlet, N Russia▶1945
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30Adolf Hitler commits suicide with his companion Eva Braun▶1945
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Legend:
Indicates person's from my family tree, who were Killed in Action.
† Indicates a person of note, who was Killed in Action or Died.