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In the compilation of this volume we relied on the following previously published Osprey titles: ACM 1: Battle of Britain 1940, CAM 62: Pearl Harbor 1941, CAM 81: Iwo Jima 1945, CAM 96: Okinawa 1945, CAM 100: D-Day 1944 (1), CAM 107: Poland 1939, CAM 115: Battle of the Bulge 1944 (1), CAM 134: Cassino 1944, CAM 137: Saipan & Tinian 1944, CAM 152: Kasserine Pass 1943, CAM 158: El Alamein 1942, CAM 159: Berlin 1945, CAM 167: Moscow 1941, CAM 181: Siegfried Line 194445, CAM 184: Stalingrad 1942, CAM 186 Operation Barbarossa 1941 (3), CAM 189: Sevastopol 1942, CAM 196: Gazala 1942, CAM 205: Warsaw 1944, CAM 215: Leningrad 194144, CAM 226: Midway 1942, CAM 232: The Bismarck 1941, CAM 254: Kharkov 1942, CAM 265: Fall Gelb 1940 (2), CAM 270: Operation Market-Garden 1944 (1), CAM 272: Kursk 1943, CAM 284: Guadalcanal 1942, CAM 293: Downfall 1945, CAM 300: Malaya and Singapore 194142, CAM 305: Kursk 1943, CAM 313: The Philippine Sea 1944, and CAM 319: Imphal 1944.
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CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY
1939 |
1 Sept. | Germany invades Poland. |
3 Sept. | Britain and France declare war on Germany. |
1940 |
9 Apr. | Germany invades Denmark and Norway. |
10 May | Germany invades France and Low Countries. |
1028 May | Battle of Belgium |
26 May4 June | Allied troops withdraw from Dunkirk. |
22 June | France surrenders. |
35 July | Battle of Mers-el-Kebir. |
10 July31 Oct. | Battle of Britain. |
28 Oct. | Italy invades Greece. |
1941 |
28 Mar. | Battle of Cape Matapan. |
6 Apr. | Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia. |
20 May | German airborne invasion of Crete. |
27 May | Bismarck sunk by the British. |
22 June5 Dec. | Operation Barbarossa, Axis invasion of Soviet Union. |
19 Sept.27 Jan 1944 | Siege of Leningrad. |
2 Oct.7 Jan. 1942 | Battle of Moscow. |
30 Oct.4 July 1942 | Siege of Sevastopol. |
7 Dec. | Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. |
8 Dec. | Siege of Tobruk raised. |
8 Dec.31 Jan 1942 | Malayan Campaign fought. |
11 Dec. | Germany declares war on the US. |
14 Dec. | Japanese start invasion of Burma. |
17 Dec. | First Battle of Sirte. |
1942 |
27 Feb. | Naval Battle of Java Sea. |
22 Mar. | Second Battle of Sirte. |
58 May | Battle of the Coral Sea. |
1228 May | Second Battle of Kharkov. |
26 May21 June | Battle of Gazala. |
47 June | Battle of Midway. |
127 July | First Battle of El Alamein. |
JulyFeb 1943 | Battle of Guadalcanal. |
89 Aug. | Naval Battle of Savo Island. |
23 Aug.2 Feb. 1943 | Battle of Stalingrad. |
23 Oct.11 Nov. | Second Battle of El Alamein. |
8 Nov. | Operation Torch, Anglo-American invasion of Vichy French North Africa. |
1215 Nov. | Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. |
17 Nov9 May 1943 | Battle for Tunisia. |
1943 |
1422 Feb. | Battle of Kasserine Pass, Tunisia. |
24 Mar. | Battle of the Bismarck Sea. |
10 July | Operation Husky, Allied invasion of Sicily. |
12 July23 Aug. | Battle of Kursk. |
12 July | Germans lose Prokhorovka tank battle. |
20 Nov. | American forces invade Makin and Tarawa. |
1944 |
17 Jan.18 May | Battle of Monte Cassino. |
31 Jan. | Americans invade Marshall Islands. |
8 Mar.3 July | Battle of Imphal. |
6 June | D-Day: the Normandy landings. |
10 June | Soviets start offensive against Finland. |
15 June9 July | Battle of Saipan. |
1920 June | Battle of the Philippine Sea. |
1930 June | |