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BACKGROUND TO RUSSIAN CONVOYS 1941-45

3. WORLD WAR TWO - "PHONEY WAR", NORWEGIAN CAMPAIGN, BRITISH EMPIRE "ALONE

HMS Royal Oak, battleship, sunk 14 October 1939 (Maritime Quest, click to enlarge)

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but first . . . . the "Phoney War", Norwegian Campaign, British Empire "alone",
September 1939-June 1941

 

The "PHONEY" WAR

September-December 1939


 


 January-April 1940


 



 NORWEGIAN CAMPAIGN

 

 



 and BRITISH EMPIRE "ALONE" . . . . .

 


. . . . . 22nd June 1941 - Germany invades Russia

 
 

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