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| Welcome to the Southern Europe Timeline! |
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This timeline covers all the political and military events that occurred within Southern Europe between the years 1939 and 1945. The countries encompassed within the timeline are Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and various Mediterranean Islands such Crete and Malta.
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| "In my opinion the limit of endurance has been reached by the troops under my command...our position here is
hopeless"
Major General Freyberg VC
(Shortly before the evacuation of Crete)
May 1941
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 Field Marshal Harold
Alexander
 Field Marshal Albert
Kesselring
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The US M4A3E8 variant of the Sherman was commonly known as the 'Easy Eight' and was equipped with the late-war standard 76mm gun. It also had a new, horizontally-mounted suspension system rather than the vertical
suspension unit fitted to earlier models.
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