Remembering History by day WW2

19-8-1942 Allied troops, mainly Canadians, pull back after nine hours of heavy fighting on the French coast at Dieppe, North West of Paris.

24-8-1942 The Duke of Kent, brother of George VI, dies when his flying boat crashed en route to Iceland.

[Peter Clare]

The Liberation of Paris.

On this day, 25 August 1944 French General Jacques Leclerc enters the free French capital triumphantly. Pockets of German intransigence remained, but Paris was free from German control.

[Gerry Chester]

25th August 1941

British and Soviet forces begin occupying Iran following fears that the Germans were operating in the country. The Allied troops seized vital oil installations meeting little resistance while so doing.

[Peter Clare]

1 September 1939

On this day German forces bombarded Poland on land and in the air, as Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War 2 had begun.

I forgot to do this the last two days, so here goes.

30-8-1939 Operation Pied Piper, the evacuation of children from Britain's cities, begins.

31-8-1941 The first Arctic convoy, Codenamed 'Dervish', arrives in Archangel with crucial supplies including 15 Hurricane fighters. Over the next 4 years 40 convoys will deliver 13,000 tanks, 22,000 aircraft and 417,000 vehicles. Nearly 3,000 sailors will die on the 2,000 mile route.

[Peter Clare]

3 September 1939.

On this day, in response to Hitlers invasion of Poland, Britain and France declare war on Germany.

[Gerry Chester]

4th September

1939: The RAF Bomber Command launches its first attack on german warships in the Heligoland Bight.

1941: U-boat attacks USS Greer in international waters. The US responds by ordering their warships to "shoot on sight" in waters considered to be vital to the country's defence.

1943: Allies launch an offensive against Japanese facilities on Papua New Guinea.

1944: Antwerp is liberated.

1945: The last remnants of the Japanese 28th Army in Burma are killed.

15-9-1935 At the Nuremburg rally Hitler issues new decrees which relegates Jews to sub-human status and the Swastika is adopted as the nation’s official flag.

[Gerry Chester]

5th September

1939: South Africa declares war on Germany. The US declares its neutrality.

1944: US 3rd Army spearheads cross the Meuse river. Hitler promotes General Karl von Runstedt to be Commander-in-Chief West.