The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 29Grolier Incorporated, 1996 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 524
... complete conquest of Crete . June 8 - British attack Vichy French forces in Syria , de- feating them in six days . June 22 - Hitler invades the USSR . Aug. 21 - Hitler turns German main effort southward toward Kiev . Sept. 8 ...
... complete conquest of Crete . June 8 - British attack Vichy French forces in Syria , de- feating them in six days . June 22 - Hitler invades the USSR . Aug. 21 - Hitler turns German main effort southward toward Kiev . Sept. 8 ...
Page 526
... complete suppression of Warsaw volt . Oct. 3 - British troops land in southern Greece . re- Oct. 13 - British airborne troops are dropped near Athens ; Germans begin V - 1 attacks on Antwerp . Oct. 14 - British troops enter Athens ...
... complete suppression of Warsaw volt . Oct. 3 - British troops land in southern Greece . re- Oct. 13 - British airborne troops are dropped near Athens ; Germans begin V - 1 attacks on Antwerp . Oct. 14 - British troops enter Athens ...
Page 527
... complete conquest of Hong Kong . 1942 Jan. 7 - American and Philippine forces complete with- drawal into Bataan Peninsula . Jan. 11 - Japanese begin invasion of Netherlands East Indies . Jan. 20 - Japanese begin major offensive in Burma ...
... complete conquest of Hong Kong . 1942 Jan. 7 - American and Philippine forces complete with- drawal into Bataan Peninsula . Jan. 11 - Japanese begin invasion of Netherlands East Indies . Jan. 20 - Japanese begin major offensive in Burma ...
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