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Arson in the 1940s (60 P) B. Attacks on buildings and structures in the ... Attacks on military installations in the 1940s (3 C, 47 P) T. Terrorist incidents in the 1940s
45 1940–1956 Bombing 0 10 ... 60 January 1, 1969 – April 15, 1970 ... Beltway sniper attacks: During three weeks in October 2002, ...
The move will last until June 3 under ferocious bombardment by the Luftwaffe. 28 May: Belgium surrenders to the Germans; King Leopold III of Belgium surrenders and is interned. 30 May: Crucial British Cabinet meeting: Churchill wins a vote on continuing the war, in spite of vigorous arguments by Lord Halifax and Chamberlain.
[3] While air raid alarms had gone off in the winter and spring of 1940 as British bombers passed overhead, the first bombing took place on 12 May 1940. [4] The attack on Cologne during the night from 30 to 31 May 1942 was the first thousand-bomber raid.
Siege of Calais (1940) Battle of Cape Spada; Case Brown; Central Hubei Operation; 1940–1944 insurgency in Chechnya; Bombing of Chongqing; Battle of Clos du Doubs; 1940 Cochinchina uprising; Operation Collar (commando raid) Convoy HX 47; Convoy HX 49; Operation Cycle; Czortków uprising
During the fleet's operations from 3 to 9 January it destroyed more than 150 Japanese aircraft, but lost 86 of its own, including 46 in accidents. [40] During the night of 9–10 January the main body of the Third Fleet, including Task Group 30.7, sailed through the Bashi Channel in the northern part of the
Operation Battleaxe (15–17 June 1941) was a British Army offensive during the Second World War to raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-capture eastern Cyrenaica from German and Italian forces. [h] It was the first time during the war that a significant German force fought on the defensive. The British lost over half of their tanks on the first ...
The Battle for the Hague 1940: The First Great Airborne Operation in History. Aspekt BV. ISBN 978-90-5911-307-7. Doorman, P. L. G. (1944). Military Operations in the Netherlands from 10th-17th May, 1940. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Harff, D.; Harff, P. (2012). Valkenburg mei 1940, de strijd om het vliegveld en het dorp (in Dutch). P.