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| Jan |
Malta
besieged by German forces (until August 1942). |
| Mar
13th |
German
bombing
of Clydebank. |
| Apr 6th |
Germany
invaded Greece. |
| May |
Greenock
blitz. |
| May 15th |
Rudolf
Hess, Hitler’s Deputy, flew to Scotland and landed
at Eaglesham. |
| May 27th |
Royal
Navy sinks the German battleship ‘Bismarck’ in
the Atlantic |
| Spring/Summer |
‘War
Weapons Weeks’ held all over Scotland. People invited
to invest in Defence Bonds, National Savings Certificates,
National War Bonds, and Savings Bonds |
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The Shetland
Bus began, a Shetland based boat operation to and from
Norway. |
| Jun |
Rationing
of clothes introduced |
| Jun 22nd |
Germany
invaded Russia |
| Dec 7th |
Japanese
Navy attacked Pearl Harbor |
| Dec 8th |
Britain
and America declared war on Japan |
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