German offensive in the desert south of Tobruk anticipated and nearly defeated but ends with many losses to British armour, forcing a withdrawal. The Japanese occupy Christmas Island unopposed.Įight hundred Italian soldiers lay siege to fifty Slovene partisans.įirst aircraft-carrier vs. Japanese forces invade the island of JavaĪllied naval forces and shipping suffer many losses during Japan's Fast Carrier Strike Force sortie. Outnumbered Japanese forces defeat an Allied night-time naval attack. Japanese forces destroy an Allied naval squadron. Battle of Singapore Battle of Sarimbun Beach Battle of Kranji Battle of Bukit Timah Battle of Pasir Panjang.Japanese aircraft raid an American and Dutch convoy. Malayan Campaign Japanese Invasion of Malaya Operation Krohcol Bombing of Singapore Battle of Jitra Battle of Kampar Battle of Slim River Battle of Muar Battle of Gemas Battle off Endauįirst direct engagement between Slovenian partisans and German occupying forces.Japan captures the American territory of Guam. Japan captures the British colony of Hong Kong. Japanese 11th Army attacked the headquarters of the Chinese 19th Army Surprise Japanese attack destroys almost all the US Pacific Fleet.įailure of Japan's second attempt to take Changsha in China. The final defeat of organized Italian resistance in Italian East Africa by Commonwealth and Allied forces. The German Army Group Centre is driven back from Moscow. The German advance is halted temporarily. Operation Barbarossa Battle of Smolensk Battle of Kiev Battle of Moscow.
German paratroopers capture Crete but suffer many casualties. Battle of Greece Battle of the Metaxas Line Battle of Vevi Battle of Thermopylae.Germany and Axis allies invade Yugoslavia via Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Albania. The German battleship Bismarck is sunk by the Royal Navy after the sinking of HMS Hood. The German battleship Bismarck sinks HMS Hood. The first big British attack of the Western Desert campaign.Īustralian forces cross the Litani River to begin the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against Vichy French forces.Ĭommonwealth and Allied forces take Damascus from the Vichy French.Ĭommonwealth and Allied forces take Beirut and the Vichy French surrender all forces in Syria and Lebanon.Ĭommonwealth and Allied forces defeat Italian forces at Keren of the East African Campaign. Major offensive by the Chinese Red Army against the Imperial Japanese Army. Greek counter-attack drives Italians back into Albania.įree French forces under General Charles De Gaulle take Libreville, Gabon, from Vichy French forces.īritish carrier-based planes destroy the Italian fleet in Taranto Harbor. Italian forces invade Greece from Albania and are repelled. The forces of Imperial Japan successfully invade French Indochina but leave the Vichy French forces in control.Īn unsuccessful attempt by the Allies to capture the strategic port of Dakar from Vichy French control. The German Air Force ( Luftwaffe) fails to defeat the British Royal Air Force as the precondition for the invasion of Britain. The operation is in fine a failure as most of the French ships leave to Toulon, southern France. One French warship is sunk and three others damaged. Feared by the possibility of some French ships moored in the French Algeria could fall in Axis hands, the Royal Navy proceed to a bombardment of Mers-El-Kebir. Battle of France Battle of Dunkirk Battle of Arras Battle of Boulogne.Germany defeats Belgium during the continuation of Fall Gelb. Germany defeats Luxembourg during the continuation of Fall Gelb. Germany defeats the Dutch in Europe during the opening stages of the first operation of the Battle of France, " Case Yellow" ( Fall Gelb). Took place on the first day of the German invasion of Norway.įailed Allied attempt to halt the Germans in Norway. The only tank battle during the Winter War.
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