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1 Events
- 1.1 March
- 1.2 April
- 1.3 May
- 1.4 June
- 1.5 July
- 1.6 August
- 1.7 September
- 1.8 October
- 1.9 November
- 1.10 December
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Events

March

March 16 - Britain suffers its first civilian air-raid casualties of the war after a raid by KG 26 on Scapa Flow
March 25 - the US government grants permission to the country's aircraft manufacturers to sell advanced combat aircraft to nations fighting the Axis powers.

April

April 9 - Germany invades Denmark and Norway, making extensive use of paratroops
April 13 - the Royal Air Force begins deploying sea mines around Germany's coastal waters.
April 24a href="April_28.html" title="April 28">28 - aircraft carrier HMS Glorious evacuates the Gloster Gladiators of No. 263 Squadron RAF from Norway

May

May 10 - Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Paratroops again play a key role.
May 13 - the Sikorsky VS-300, which made its first flight the previous year, makes its first untethered flight.
May 15a href="May_16.html" title="May 16">16 - British bombers make their first attack on German land targets, in the Ruhr Valley

June

June 4 - BOAC commences a twice-weekly service between England and Portugal, scheduled to connect with Pan Am flights from Lisbon to New York.
June 8 - after a second expion to Norway, HMS Glorious is sunk by German battlecruisers (or light battleships) Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
June 10 - Italy declares war on Britain and its allies and begins an aerial assault on Malta.

July

July 10 - the Battle of Britain commences with the first German attacks on British convoys in the English Channel.

August

August 15 - the heaviest fighting of the Battle of Britain occurs, with the loss of 46 British and 76 German aircraft.
August 25a href="August_26.html" title="August 26">26 - Britain makes its first air raid on Berlin of the war.
August 31 - Polish 303 Squadron, the most efficient allied unit of the Battle of Britain, enters action.

September

September 7 - Hermann Göring orders the Luftwaffe to stop targeting British airfields and attack London itself instead.
September 7-September 8 - the largest mass air combat in history takes place over Britain, with 1,200 British and German aircraft operating in an area of only 24 x 48 km (15 x 30 miles).
September 15 - Germany makes its heaviest daylight raid on London
September 30 - the Battle of Britain is said to be over, with Hitler's planned invasion of Britain ("Operation Seelöwe") postponed indefinitely.

October

October 8 - No. 71 Squadron RAF, "Eagle Squadron" is formed, comprising American volunteers.
October 8 - Josef František, the Czech ace (17 victories) - the most efficient allied pilot of the Battle of Britain, died in an aircrash.

November

November 5 - four RAF squadrons are deployed to Greece to support the country against Italian attacks.
November 11 - regular ferry flights of US-built warplanes commence across the Atlantic.
November 11-12 - Fairey Swordfish from HMS Illustrious make a highly successful raid against Regia Marina ships at Taranto, damaging battleship Conte di Cavour beyond repair, and extensively damaging two others, Littorio and Caio Duilio (Battle of Taranto).
November 14a href="November_15.html" title="November 15">15 - 437 Luftwaffe aircraft make a massed air raid on Coventry. 380 civilians are killed and some 800 wounded.

December

December 29a href="December_30.html" title="December 30">30 - the Luftwaffe makes a devastating attack on London, making extensive use of incendiary weapons.