1941
Caithness at War: Week 95
23-29 June 1941 By the end of this, the first week of Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union, over…
Caithness at War: Week 94
16-22 June 1941 The failure of the British “Operation Battleaxe” to relieve Tobruk in the Western…
Caithness at War: Week 93
9-15 June 1941 On Monday 9 June Australian forces in northern Palestine crossed into southern…
Caithness at War: Week 92
2-8 June 1941 In a relatively quiet week Germany continued its preparations for the invasion of the…
Caithness at War: Week 91
26 May - 1 June 1941 On 26 May, after sinking HMS Hood two days earlier, the German battleship…
Caithness at War: Week 90
19-25 May 1941 Back in April, British and Commonwealth forces had been driven out of Greece and had…
Caithness at War: Week 89
12-18 May 1941 In retaliation for recent German bombing of British cities, this week the RAF bombed…
Caithness at War: Week 88
5-11 May 1941 This week in Iraq, the RAF inflicted heavy losses on the pro-Axis government forces.…
Caithness at War: Week 87
28 April - 4 May 1941 After several failed attempts to take Tobruk in Libya Rommel was ordered to…