Donster Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 1940: Roosevelt is elected as President of USA for an unprecedented third term with 54 percent of the popular vote. He defeats Republican Wendell L. Willke. 1940: Armed merchant-cruiser Jervis Bay sunk by pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer in attack on Atlantic convoy. 1941: Japanese war plans agreed to at an imperial conference, with a deadline of December 1941. The US ambassador to Tokyo, Joseph C Grew, warns that war might come very suddenly. 1942: The British attack Rommel’s rearguard, which is now almost 100 miles to west of El Alamein. A peace treaty is signed in Madagascar with the Vichy French. 1943: The US Fifth Army reaches the Sangro river in southern Italy. 1943: US Navy carrier planes cripple a Japanese squadron at Rabaul, forcing six cruisers to withdraw North to Truk for repairs. 1944: 174 Lancasters of No. 5 Group, RAF, breach the Dortmund-Ems Canal, one of Germanys main transport arteries. 1944: The German 4th Army recapture the town of Goldap in East Prussia. 1944: British forces land at Salonika, in Greece. 1944: U.S. planes pound the harbour at Manila in the Philippines and also destroy 249 Japanese aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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