1939
Caithness at War: Week 10
6-12 November 1939. On Wednesday 8 November Hitler escaped an assassination attempt when he gave a…
Caithness at War: Week 9
30 October-5 November 1939. On 1 November, Germany formally annexed the Danzig Corridor from…
Caithness at War: Week 8
23-29 October 1939. On Friday 27 October Belgium announced that it would be neutral in the war.
Caithness at War: Week 7
16-22 October 1939. On Monday 16 October the first attack on Britain from the air took place, when…
Caithness at War: Week 6
9-15 October 1939. On 9 October Hitler ordered his generals to prepare for the invasion of Belgium,…
Caithness at War: Week 5
2-8 October 1939. On 3 October the British Expeditionary Force took up positions along the border…
Caithness at War: Week 4
25 September - 1 October 1939. German forces began their final assault on the centre of Warsaw on…
Caithness at War: Week 3
18-24 September 1939. On Tuesday 19 September German and Russian forces in Poland linked up near…
Caithness at War: Week 2
11-17 September 1939. The second full week of the war saw the French offensive in the Rhine…