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03/03/1940
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Italy protests to Britain
over proposed ban on Italian imports of German coal. |
| 09/03/1940 |
Italian-Anglo agreement on coal, Britain
to release Italian collier ships, Italy to import no more German
coal. |
| 18/03/1940 |
Mussolini and Hitler meet in the Brenner
Pass in northern Italy, Mussolini agreeing to Italy's entry
into the war "at an opportune moment". |
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| 16/05/1940 |
Churchill urges Mussolini not to become
involved in the war. |
| 30/05/1940 |
Mussolini tells Hitler
he intends to enter the war. |
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| 10/06/1940 |
Italy declares war on
Britain and France, effective from the 11th June 1940. |
| 11/06/1940 |
Italian aircraft bomb Malta. |
| 22/06/1940 |
French representatives fly to Rome
to negotiate with Mussolini. |
| 24/06/1940 |
An armistice is signed between France
and Italy at Villa Indusa near Rome. |
| 28/06/1940 |
The Pope offers to mediate between
Britain, Germany and Italy. |
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| 04/07/1940 |
Italian bombers raid Malta. |
| 07/07/1940 |
Italy allows French Mediterranean
bases to remain armed. |
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| 03/09/1940 |
Dobrudja is ceded to Bulgaria
by Romania under the Vienna award. |
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| 04/10/1940 |
Mussolini and Hitler meet
at the Brenner Pass. |
| 26/10/1940 |
The Italians protest to the Greeks
about their 'non-neutral' attitude towards Italy. |
| 28/10/1940 |
Italy attacks Greece after Greek rejection
of three-hour ultimatum; Churchill promises ‘all the
help in our power’. Hitler and Mussolini meet at Florence. |
| 29/10/1940 |
British troops set sail for Crete.
Italians claim to have made some advances but Greeks hold most
positions. |
| 31/10/1940 |
British troops occupy Canea in Crete.
Italians claim advance towards Salonika in Greece. |
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| 01/11/1940 |
Turkey declares itself
neutral in Greco-Italian war. |
| 03/11/1940 |
Greek troops trap the Italian 3rd
Alpine Division taking 5,000 prisoners. British troops arrive
in Greece. |
| 06/11/1940 |
Britain promises financial assistance
to Greece, starting with £5 million advance. |
| 08/11/1940 |
Italians begin big offensive in Albania. |
| 12/11/1940 |
Germany prepares to enter war in Greece. |
| 19/11/1940 |
Greek successes continue in northern
Greece and Albania. The Italians are driven back across the
Kalamas River. |
| 21/11/1940 |
Greeks capture Koritza, defeating
Italian IX Army. |
| 29/11/1940 |
British and New Zealand troops under
General Freyberg occupy the whole of the Greek island of Crete
in the Mediterranean. |
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| 04/12/1940 |
Greeks capture Premeti,
Pogradec and the Albanian port of Sarande. |
| 06/12/1940 |
Greeks occupy Santi Quaranta, Albania.
Italian Supreme Commander Badoglio resigns ‘at his own
request’; replaced by Gen. Cavallero. |
| 08/12/1940 |
Greeks take Argyrokastro and Delvino. |
| 13/12/1940 |
Hitler issues Directive No. 20, the
order for the preparation of Operation 'Marita', the plan for
sending German forces to revive the bogged-down Italian offensive
in Albania. |
| 23/12/1940 |
Churchill broadcasts to Italy: ‘All
because of one man’. |
| 28/12/1940 |
Mussolini asks Hitler for support,
to help the bogged down Italian forces with their offensive
against the Greeks in Albania. |
