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E-Book
and Original Introduction |
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Beginning &
End, Battle Honours, Victoria Cross at Sea,
1939-45 |
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NAVAL
& MILITARY CHRONOLOGY - Month-by-month across
all Theatres |
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1939 |
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Atlantic
& Europe at the Start, Main Role of Royal
Navy, September 1939 |
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Battle
of Atlantic starts, 'Phoney War' on land, Battle
of River Plate, to
March 1940 |
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1940 |
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Invasion of
Norway, Battles of Narvik, Blitzkrieg on Western
Europe, Dunkirk evacuation starts |
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Evacuation
of Dunkirk ends, Italy at war, Action at sea in
the Mediterranean, France falls |
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Mediterranean
at the Start, including North & East Africa,
Near or Middle East,
June 1940 |
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British
reaction to fall of France, Battle of Britain,
War in Mediterranean |
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U-boat
packs in Atlantic, Blitz on Britain, Attack on
Taranto, German raiders at sea |
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1941 |
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Battle of Cape
Matapan, Battles for Greece & Crete, Capture
of U.110, Enigma codes, Loss of 'Hood', sinking
of 'Bismarck' |
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Invasion
of Russia, Malta Convoys, Japan prepares for war |
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Indian
& Pacific Oceans at the Start, December 1941 |
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Pearl Harbor
attacked, Loss of 'Repulse' & 'Prince of
Wales', Singapore falls, 'Channel Dash' by German
big ships, to February
1942 |
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1942 |
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Russian
convoys, Raid on St Nazaire, Battle of Sirte
Gulf, SE Asia & SW Pacific occupied, British
landings on Madagascar |
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Atlantic,
Russian & Malta convoy battles, Raid on
Dieppe, Battles of Midway, Alamein, and for
Guadalcanal |
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Landings in
French North Africa ('Torch'), Final battles for
Guadalcanal & Stalingrad, 'Cockleshell
heroes', Battle of Barents Sea, to January 1943 |
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1943 |
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Final
battles for Tunis & North Africa, Battle of
Atlantic peaks, U-boats withdraw, 'Dambusters'
raid' |
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Invasion
of Sicily ('Husky'), Battle of Kursk, Italy
surrenders, Salerno landings ('Avalanche'),
U-boat packs return to Atlantic, X-craft attack
'Tirpitz' |
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British
Aegean campaign, Battle for Italy, Battles for
New Guinea & Solomons, US landings on Tarawa,
'Scharnhorst' sunk in Battle of North Cape, Burma
campaign |
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1944 |
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Atlantic
& Russian convoy battles, Air war on Germany,
Anzio landings ('Shingle'), Indian Ocean
operations, Battles of Cassino, Preparations for
D-day |
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Capture of Rome,
Invasion of Normandy ('Overlord'), V-1's on
England, Saipan landings & Battle of
Philippines Sea, Attacks on 'Tirpitz', S of
France landings ('Dragoon') |
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Western
Allies cross into Germany, U-boat's British
Inshore campaign, V.2's hit London, Russians
reach Eastern Europe, Battles of Leyte Gulf |
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1945 |
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Russians
reach Germany, Indian Ocean operations, Russian
& British inshore convoy battles continue, US
takes Iwo Jima, British Pacific Fleet in action,
Okinawa invaded, Defeat of Germany |
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Battle
of Atlantic ends, Germany surrenders, Italy
taken, Burma & Okinawa conquered,
Preparations for Japan invasion, A-Bombs tested
& dropped, Defeat of Japan |
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linked
to and from each Major Warship loss (ship's names
in BOLD): |
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BRITISH
& COMMONWEALTH NAVIES - MAJOR WARSHIPS &
LOSSES |
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Battleship,
Battlecruisers & Monitors |
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Aircraft
Carriers, including Fleet, Escort, CAM-ships
& Merchant Aircraft Carriers |
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Cruisers
- Heavy, Light, AA & Minelayers |
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Destroyers,
including Escort Destroyers & ex-US
Flushdeckers |
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Submarines,
including Midget Submarines & Human Torpedoes |
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MAJOR
WARSHIP LOSS SUMMARIES |
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British
& Commonwealth Navy losses |
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Axis
(German, Italian, Japanese) Navy Losses |
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Gordon Smith,
copyright 2006
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