Category
page 1Attacks on military installations in 1940
Attack on Mers-El-Kebir
1940 battle
Battles of Narvik
battles fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940
Battle of Fort Eben-Emael
1940 battle (World War II)
Battle of Boulogne
1940 battle for the port and town of Boulogne-sur-Mer during the German blitzkrieg
Battle of Drøbak Sound
1940 battle of World War II in the Norwegian Campaign
Operation Paula
the German codename given for the Second World War Luftwaffe offensive operation to destroy the remaining units of the Armée de l'Air (ALA), or French Air Force during the Battle of France in 1940
Adlertag
Adlertag ("Eagle Day") was the first day of Unternehmen Adlerangriff ("Operation Eagle Attack"), an operation by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe (air force) intended to destroy the British Royal Air Force (RAF). The operation came during the Battle of Britain after Britain rejected all overtures for a negotiated peace with Germany. However, Adlertag and subsequent operations failed to destroy the RAF or gain local air superiority.
Masļenki border incident
1940 Soviet attack on Latvia
The Hardest Day
World War II air battle part of the greater Battle of Britain