CHRONOLGY OF MAIN

1940 General Mediterranean Sea
June  11  Italy enters the war
 22  Franco-German armistice
 24  Franco-Italian armistice
 28  His Majesty's Government
       recognises General de
       Gaulle
 
 23  Admiral Somerville's
       Force H begins to
       assemble at Gibraltar
July    1  Rumania denounces Anglo-
       French guarantee
       Battle of Britain begins
   3  Action against French
       warships at Oran
   4  French ships at
       Alexandria demilitarized
   9  Fleet action off Calabria
 19  Action off Cape Spada
 
August  26  French Equatorial Africa
       declares for de Gaulle
 30  Second 'Vienna Award'
       announced
 
   1  H.M.S. Argus flies
       Hurricanes to Malta
September  23/25  General de Gaulle's
       unsuccesful expedition
       to Dakar
 27  Germany, Italy and Japan
       sign a ten-year Pact
 
   5  Naval reinforcements
       including H.M.S. Illustrious
       reach Alexandria
October  23  Meeting between Hitler
       and Franco
 
 
 
November    4  Spain assumes control of
       Tangier
 11  Fleet Air Arm's attack at
       Taranto
 17  H.M.S. Argus flies
       Hurricanes to Malta
 27  Action off Cape Spartivento,
       Sardinia
 
December        Several changes in Italian
       High Command
 11  Hitler's plans to capture
       Gibraltar cancelled
 18  Hitler issues directive for
       invasion of Russia
 
 

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EVENTS FROM JUNE 1940

Egypt and the desert Red Sea and East Africa Balkans
  Frontier action   Success against Italian
  submarines
 
 
 
    Frontier operations:
  Sudan: 4 Loss of Kassala
                and Gallabat
  Kenya: 15 Loss of Moyale
  Khartoum: 3 Emporer Haile
                      Selassie arrives
                      from England
 
 
   5 General Legentilhomme
    leaves Jibuti
 5-19 Loss of British
        Somaliland
 Sudan: 12 Sandford's Mis-
             sion enters Ethiopia
 15 Loss of Greek cruiser
      Helle
 13/18 Italian advance,
        into Egypt
 20 First aircraft leave
     for Egypt along the
     Takoradi reinforce-
     ment route
   
 16 Mr Eden's three-
      weeks tour begins
       German troops enter
     Rumania
 28 Italians invade Greece
 29 British advanced
     parties reach Crete
   Sudan: 6/9 Action at
             Gallabat
   4 Royal Air Force begin
      to operate in Greece
   8 Italian offensive
      collapses
 18 Greek counter-stroke
      begins; British Liasion
      Mission to Turkey
   9 First British offen-
       sive begins
 16 Capture of Sollum
 Kenya: 16 Raid on El Wak  

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CHRONOLGY OF MAIN

1941 General Mediterranean Sea
January  10  Lend-Lease Bill before
      Congress
 
 11  First attack by the
       Luftwaffe from Sicily
 12/23 H.M.S. Illustrious at
       Malta
 
February  12  Mr. Eden and General Dill
       leave England for the
       Middle East
   9  Bombardment of Genoa
 17  Attempted landing on
       Kaso
 25  Landing on Castelorizo
 
March    1  Bulgaria joins the Axis
 
 
   11  Lend-Lease Act signed
       by President Roosevelt
 27  Yugoslav coup d'état
 
 28  Battle of Matapan
 
April    3  Coup d'état in Iraq
 
 
 21  Bombardment of Tripoli
May    2  Iraq forces attack
       Habbaniya
       Successful passage of
       'TIGER' convoy
 

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EVENTS FROM JUNE 1940 (contd.)

Egypt and the desert Red Sea and East Africa Balkans
   4  Capture of Bardia
 11  Long Range
       Desert Group raids
       Murzuk
 22  Capture of Tobruk
 29  Aerial mining of
       the Suez Canal
       begins
  British offensive begins:
 
  Sudan: 19  Capture of
                    Kassala
  Kenya:       Capture of
              18  Mega and
              22  Moyale
 
 13  British offer of troops to
       Greece declined
 29  Death of General
       Metaxas
 31  Mr. Churchill's appeal
      to the Turkish President
 
   6  Capture of Benghazi
   5/7  Battle of Beda
          Fomm
 12  General Rommel
       arrives at Tripoli
  Sudan:       Actions at
                1  Agordat and
                2  Barentu
                3  Battle of Keren
                    begins
              23  Emperor enters
 Kenya:  19  Crossing of
                    River Juba
                    Capture of
              14  Kismayu and
              25  Mogadishu
 
  22  The Eden Mission in
        Athens;
  26  Ankara
 
   1  Capture of Kufra
       by the Free French
 27  Capture of Keren    2  The Eden Mission in
       returns to Athens
  30 Axis offensive
       begins
     5  Sailing of the British
       forces for Greece begins
      9/16  Italian offensive in
       Albania
  10 Tobruk cut off and
       besieged
       Capture of
   1  Asmara
   8  Massawa and
   5  Addis Ababa
 11  Red Sea opened to
      United States shipping
   6  Germans invade Greece
 23  Greek Government goes
       to Crete
 27  Germans enter Athens
       Fighting at Sollum
       and Halfaya
 16  Duke of Aosta
       surenders at Amba
       Alagi
 20  Germans invade Crete
     

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