Hi all,
I have collected some dates, hope it does not look too boastful
3. Sept. 1939: Great Britain and France declare war against Third Reich
17. Sept. 1939: Soviet Union attacks Poland
20. Nov. 1939: First flight of Heinkel He 177
9. Apr. 1940: Start of “Unternehmen Weserübung”
10. May 1940: Start of the West Offensive, Winston Churchill new Prime Minister in London
14. May 1940: Bombardment of Rotterdam
27. May – 4. June 1940: Evacuation of British troops at Dunkerque
14. June 1940: Occupation of Paris, first political prisoners arrive at Oswiecim
22. June 1940: German-French armistice at Compiègne
13. Aug. 1940: “Adlertag”
15. Sept. 1940: “Battle-of-Britain-Day”
14. Nov. 1940: Bombardment of Coventry
9. Jan. 1941: First flight of Avro Lancaster
2. Apr. 1941: First flight of Heinkel He 280
10. May 1941: Rudolf Heß flies to Great Britain
15. May 1941: First flight of Gloster Whittle E.28/39
20. May 1941: Start of German invasion against Crete
27. May 1941: Sinking of “Bismarck”
22. June 1941: Start of German invasion against the Soviet Union
16. July 1941: First members of the “Blue Division” arrive in Germany
3. Sept. 1941: First use of “Zyklon B” in Oswiecim
17. Nov. 1941 : Ernst Udet commits suicide
22. Nov. 1941: Werner Mölders dies in a plane crash
7. Dec. 1941: Japanese attack against Pearl Harbor
11. Dec. 1941: Germany declares war to the USA
23. Feb. 1942: Arthur Harris becomes commander-in-chief of the BC
28. March 1942: First area bombardment of RAF against Lübeck
30. May 1942: First “1000-bomber-attack” against Cologne
6. Nov. 1942: First flight of Heinkel He 219
23. June 1943: First powered flight of Messerschmitt Me 163B
10. July 1943: “Operation Husky”, Allied troops land in Sicily
18. July 1942: First flight of Me 262 solely on jet power by Fritz Wendel
3. Oct. 1942: First test flight of the “A-4” rocket
8. Nov. 1942: Operation “Torch”, Allied troops land in Morocco and Algeria
2. Feb. 1943: Final capitulation of 6. Army at Stalingrad
30. July 1943: First flight of Arado Ar 234
24. July 1943: Beginning of “Operation Gomorrha”, Allied air raids against Hamburg
3. Sept. 1943: Allied troops land on continental Italy
8. Sept. 1943: Capitulation of Italy
6.June 1944: D-Day
13. July 1944: First flight of Focke Wulf Ta 152
All the best
Robert