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| Aug 4th |
Anne
Frank and her family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam. |
| Jan 22nd |
Allied
landings at Anzio, south of Rome. |
| Feb 15th |
Fighting
around Monte Cassino until May. |
| Mar 22nd |
Japanese
invaded India. |
| May 11th |
Allies
attacked the German Gustav Line defences south of Rome. |
| Spring/Summer |
‘Salute
the Soldier Weeks’ held all over Scotland.
National Savings Campaign: The Lanarkshire target was to raise
£1,250,000 to maintain an Infantry Brigade for one year. |
| Jun 4th |
Rome
liberated. |
| Jun 6th |
D-Day
– Allied forces landed in Normandy, France. |
| Jun 13th |
First
German ‘flying bomb’ attack on Britain (V1). |
| Jun |
Japanese
Army defeated at Kohima in India. |
| Jul 20th
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Hitler
survived an assassination plot bomb at his headquarters. |
| Jul 24th |
Soviet
troops liberated the concentration camp at Majdanek in Poland. |
| Aug 1st |
Polish
Home Army staged an uprising in Warsaw against the German
forces (but has to surrender October 2nd). |
| Aug 15th |
Allied
forces land in southern France to open a new front against
the Germans. |
| Aug 17th |
British
Army completed liberation of India and advanced into Burma. |
| Aug 25th |
Paris
liberated. |
| Sep 2nd |
Allies
advanced in Italy north of the Gothic Line. |
| Sep 3rd |
Brussels,
Belgium, liberated. |
| Sep 8th
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First
V2 rocket attack on Britain. |
| Sep 11th |
British
troops crossed into Holland. |
| Sep 17 |
26th Airborne
landings and Battle of Arnhem in Holland. |
| Oct 4th |
Allied
forces land in Greece. |
| Oct 14th |
Athens
liberated. |
| Nov 12th |
‘The
Tirpitz’ is sunk in Tromso fjord, Norway, by Allied
planes. |
| Dec 16th-27th |
German
counter-offensive in the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge). |
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