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Felix

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1940–1941Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1940

Adolf Hitler12 November 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Hitler issues directive 18 for Operation Felix, the invasion of Gibraltar

1941

Adolf Hitler4 November 1941

Gibraltar · Warfare / World War, 2nd

A plan to capture Gibraltar, the Canaries & Cape Verde. An operation to oust the British from the Meditteranean

Adolf Hitler11 December 1941

Gibraltar · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Drops Operation Felix to concentrate on Russia in the Balkans

Names involved

Adolf Hitler

Provenance

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