1940: China protests to France over closure of Indo-Chinese border; Japanese request closure of Burma Road controlled by Britain and used to supply Chinese forces. 1941: House of Commons votes for £1,000 million war credit as war expenditure now exceeds £10,250,000 per day.
1941: Germans sweep west into Lithuania and White Russia, taking Vilna and Kaunas. Hungary breaks off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
1941: President Franklin Roosevelt pledges all possible support to the Soviet Union.
1942: Major General Eisenhower is appointed commander of all US troops in Europe.
1942: The German, Italian and Croatian forces in Yugoslavia, begin another offensive against Tito's partisan army.
1942: The RAF launches its third 1,000 bomber raid, this time on Bremen. The Luftwaffe launches the first in a series of night raids against Birmingham.
1942: The Germans advance into Egypt as the British retreat continues. Sollum and Sidi Barrani are evacuated by the Eighth Army.
1943: The RAF conducts a heavy raid on Elberfeld in the Ruhr.
1944: The Russians report major advances against Army Group Centre. Hitler orders all but one of the five German divisions of the 53rd Corps that are encircled at Vitebsk to fight their way out.
1945: A Great Victory Parade in Moscow’s Red Square, sees Zhukov takes the salute in Stalin’s presence.
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