June 1939-1945

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British destroyers HMS Basilisk, HMS Havant and HMS Keith sunk "by aircraft bombs, off Dunkirk, France

▶1940
2

Operation Frantic

▶1944

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The Battle of Midway begins

▶1942
5

Captain: Edward David MURRAY

▶1944
6

D-Day

▶1944

British destroyer HMS Wrestler "damaged beyond repair, mine off Normandy"

▶1944
7

U.S a-carrier USS Yorktown sunk "Battle of Midway, after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-168"

▶1942
8

British a-carrier HMS Glorious, destroyers HMS Acasta & HMS Ardent sunk "by gunfire, "Scharnhorst" & "Gneisenau", of Narvik, Norway"

▶1940
9

British corvette HMS Mimosa sunk "by U-124, W Atlantic"

▶1942

British cruiser HMS Durban sunk "Mulberry Hbr, Normandy"

▶1944

10

Italy declares war on Britain and France

▶1940
11

Australia, New Zealand and South Africa declares war on Italy

▶1940
12

British cruiser HMS Calypso sunk "by Italian submarine Bagnolini, S of Crete"

▶1940
13

Second German V-1 rocket attack Britain

▶1944

British destroyer HMS Broadicea sunk "aircraft torpedo, Channel"

▶1944
14

Germans enter Paris

▶1940
15

Operation Battleaxe

▶1941

Croatia joins the Axis powers by signing the Tripartite Pact

▶1941
16

British cruiser HMS Hermione sunk "by U-205, E Mediterranean"

▶1942

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British destroyer HMS Swift sunk "by mine off Normandy"

▶1944
25

Eisenhower assumes command of U.S. troops in Europe

▶1942
26

Turkey declares nonbelligerency

▶1940

U.N. Charter is signed in San Francisco

▶1945
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British destroyer HMS Waterhen sunk "by aircraft bombs, off Sollum, Egypt"

▶1941

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