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BACKGROUND TO RUSSIAN CONVOYS 1941-45

5. EASTERN FRONT and RUSSIAN CONVOYS, November 1942-May 1945

HMS Kite, sloop, sunk August 1944  (Navy Photos/Bob Hanley, click to enlarge)

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The EASTERN FRONT, the RUSSIAN CONVOYS that SAILED, and the REST of the WAR in OUTLINE

 

NOVEMBER 1942-MAY 1943


 

Rest of the War: French North Africa .... 'Cockleshell Heroes' and Battle for Tunis .... 'Dambuster's Raid'


JUNE-DECEMBER 1943


 

Rest of the War: Invasion of Sicily .... U-boat Packs and British Aegean Campaign .... Burma

 

 

JANUARY-AUGUST 1944


 

 

Rest of the War: Air War on Germany ..... Battles of Cassino and Normandy ... South of France Landings

 

 

SEPTEMBER 1944-MAY 1945


 

Rest of the War: Western Allies enter Germany .....Leyte Gulf and Russians reach Germany .....Defeat of Germany

 

 

JUNE-AUGUST 1945

Burma and Okinawa Conquered
Preparations made for Japanese Invasion
A-bombs tested and dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Russia declares war on Japan, invades Manchuria, occupies North Korea, Japan surrenders
Hong Kong and Singapore etc occupied

 
 
 

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