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4 July — World War II: Twenty-four ships are sunk by German bombers and submarines after Convoy PQ 17 to the Soviet Union is scattered in the Arctic Ocean to evade the German battleship Tirpitz. 14 July — World War II: Germany introduces the Ostvolk Medal for Soviet personnel in Wehrmacht , on the same day that the first Dutch Jews are ...
Sources differ and list 25–26 cases of German submarines serviced in Spanish ports documented, [24] taking place between January 1940 and February 1944: 5 in 1940, 16 in 1941, 3 (2) in 1942, none in 1943 and 1 (0) in 1944. [25]
German-occupied Europe (or Nazi-occupied Europe) refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly militarily occupied and civil-occupied, including puppet governments, by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945, during World War II, administered by the Nazi regime under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.
The Spanish government secretly held expansionist plans towards Portugal that it made known to the German government. In a communiqué with Germany on 26 May 1942, Franco declared that Portugal should be annexed into Spain. [147] Franco had previously won the Spanish Civil War with the help of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Both were eager to ...
3: Second Battle of El Alamein ends – German forces under Erwin Rommel are forced to retreat during the night. American victory over the Japanese in Guadalcanal in the Koli Point action. 5: German III Panzer Corps and Romanian 2nd Mountain Division capture the town of Alagir, which is the furthest south the Axis would reach on the Eastern Front.
German forces of the 11th Army under General Erich von Manstein take Sevastopol, although fighting rages until July 4. The city is evacuated by the Soviets, some 90,000 prisoners are taken and von Manstein is promoted to Field Marshal. German forces of Panzer Army Africa under Erwin Rommel approach the Alamein positions, only 106 km from ...
January 2 - Jesús Glaría, footballer.(died 1978) February 4 - Joaquim Rifé, footballer. February 9 - Manuel Castells, sociologist. February 23 – Rogelio Baón, politician (died 2008)
During the war, British sea power gave the Allied powers access to these countries, and denied them to the Axis powers. Germany had to seek sources in Europe. Spain and Portugal were the only producers, with Galicia accounting for almost 70% of Spanish reserves. This made it the focus of the Wolfram Crisis.