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By E.H. Shepard, 'Punch', January 1, 1941 |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', January 6, 1941 |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', January 15, 1941 Mussolini's nightmares come true. Ethiopia was liberated in April 1941, |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', January 16, 1941 British forces launch major offensives against the Italians in Libya and the Horn of Africa. |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', January 20, 1941 Under General Wavell, British Imperial Forces push west into Libya. |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', January 27, 1941 North Africa - January 22, 1941. Australian troops capture Tobruk. |
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By Illingworth, 'Punch', January 29, 1941 President Roosevelt proclaims the U.S.A., "The Arsenal of Democracy", |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', February 10, 1941 General Wavell advances to Benghazi, the capital of Cyrenaica. Bags over 114,000 Italian prisoners of war. |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', February 14, 1941 |
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. By Strube, 'The Daily Express', April 1, 1941 At the battle of Cape Matapan, the Italian fleet suffered a major defeat at the hands of the British Navy, under the |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', April 3, 1941 "All the Brothers Were Valiant" On April 6, 1941, British forces liberated Ethiopia (Abyssinia). Led by Lt. General Alan Cunningham, |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', April 14, 1941 Eritrea, bordering the Red Sea, became Americas arms supply line to the Middle East, in order to blunt Rommels advances. |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', April 14, 1941 |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', April 15, 1941 |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', April 18, 1941 |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', April 21, 1941 Churchill defending the Iraq oil wells. |
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By Clive Upton, April 1941 April 1941 - Greece surrenders to German Forces. |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', April 1941 Iraq, April 1, 1941 - A pro German coup d'état was launched by Rashid Ali. The coup was crushed |
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By Bernard Partridge, 'Punch', May 1941 |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', May 1941 The Royal Navy announced a blockade on all French Vichy vessels. |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', May 5, 1941 |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', May 7, 1941 |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', May 14, 1941 The Vichy Syria backdoor to Iraq granted German forces access to Rashid Ali's pro-Axis regime. |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', May 30, 1941 May 20, 1941, Germany invades Crete. "In my opinion the limit of endurance has been reached by the troops under |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', June 1941 |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', June 9 1941 Marianne (symbol of France), from her cell watches the battle for Syria. |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', June 9, 1941 Admiral Darlan, Vichy Naval Commander and Second-in-Command to Marshal Petain, conducted a policy of |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', June 10, 1941 British and Free French forces invade Lebanon and Syria. |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', June 15, 1941 This David Low Cartoon appeared one week before Germay's invasion of the Soviet Union |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', June 26, 1941 |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', July 7, 1941 |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', July 14, 1941 July 12, 1941, an armistice between the Vichy French forces and the British was negotiated resulting in the |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', July 16, 1941 For the British, almost a clean house in the Middle East, except for Egypt. |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', August 28, 1941 August 25, 1941, Anglo - Soviet invasion of Iran. |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', October 1941 |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', November 15, 1941 The aircraft carrier Ark Royal was sunk by a German torpedo in the Mediterranean, off Gilbraltar. |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', December 1, 1941 |
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By Low, 'The Evening Standard', December 2, 1941 Depicted: Afrika-Korps Commander, Erwin Rommel |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', December 2, 1941 Rommel pushed back to the Gazala line, Libya. |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', December 3, 1941 British forces retake Benghazi, Libya |
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By Illingworth, 'The Daily Mail', December 13, 1941 |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', December 19, 1941 |
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By Strube, 'The Daily Express', December 1941 British forces retake Benghazi, Libya. |
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Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor By Charles Alston Doris "Dorie" Miller was awarded the Navy Cross for bravery "above the call of duty" during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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