CRISIS IN EGYPT: GAZALA AND TOBRUK

14−21 JUNE 1942 21 MAY 1942 Hitler decides to postpone invasion of Malta until the battle in Egypt is over. 30 MAY 1942 First thousandbomber raid against Cologne by RAF Bomber Command. 31 MAY 1942 Japanese attack on Sydney harbour in Australia with three midget submarines. Three merchant ships sunk, 19 sailors killed. 4—6 JUNE 1942 Battle of Midway results in first decisive victory for the Allies in 1942. 28 JUNE 1942 German summer offensive opens in the Soviet Union with drive to the Don steppe. 18 AUGUST 1942 Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery takes command of the British 8th Army in Egypt. The results of Operation “Crusader”, which had pushed Axis forces back across the Western Desert to El Agheila by December 1941, were reversed almost as soon as they…

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