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Overview
The Italian invasion took place in the context of the victory gained in the battle for Sicily. The invasion of continental Italy was planned and carried out by Army Group 15. This group was under the control of Harold Alexander and was made up of two armies: the American 5th Army, commanded by Mark Clark, and the British 8th Army of Bernard Montgomery. The success of the Italian campaign marked Italy’s exit from the war, through the signing of an armistice and the death of the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini.
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The Germans disarmed and imprisoned all the Italian forces in their proximity. However, most of the Italian navy sailed from Spezia to Malta. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham triumphantly reported to the Admiralty Board in London: ‘Be pleased to inform Their Lordships that the Italian Battle Fleet now lies at anchor under the guns of the fortress of Malta.’ In total, five battleships, eight cruisers, thirty-three destroyers, thirty-four submarines and scores of other war vessels surrendered, as well as 101 merchant ships. Over 168 merchant ships were scuttled in order to avoid capture by the Germans.
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William Joyce, broadcasting in English from Germany, becomes notorious in Britain as Lord Haw-Haw
January 8 - the ration book is introduced in Britain, at first just for bacon, butter and sugar, but soon also for meat, eggs, tea, milk, cheese, jam, and clothing
Go to food rationing in A Dictionary of Public Health (1 ed.)
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February 16 - 303 captured merchant seamen are rescued in a daring British raid on the German supply ship Altmark, in use as a floating prison in a Norwegian fjord
Go to Altmark in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.)
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March 12 - the Treaty of Moscow ends the war between the USSR and Finland, after 200,000 Soviet deaths in the three months of hostilities
from April 4 - more than 4000 Polish officers are massacred at Katyń on Stalin's orders
Go to Katyn Massacre in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)
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April 5 - inactivity during the Phoney War prompts Neville Chamberlain to assure the House of Commons that Hitler has 'missed the bus'
April 9 - German ships and marines occupy the harbours of neutral Denmark and Norway
April 9 - the German invasion of Norway includes the world's