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APPENDIX I
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS
| 1940 | ||
| October 1940 | ||
| 28 | Italian forces attack Greece from Albania. | |
| 1941 | ||
| April 1941 | ||
| 3 | Rommel opens his offensive in Libya. | |
| 6 | German forces intervene in the Greek-Italian conflict. | |
| 6 | German troops invade Yugoslavia. | |
| 17 | Yugoslav High Command forced to capitulate. | |
| 20 | General Tsolakoglou surrenders the Army of Epirus to the Germans. | |
| 23 | Greece surrenders to the Germans and Italians. | |
| 27 | German troops enter Athens. | |
| May 1941 | ||
| 29 | Rommel stopped at the Egyptian frontier. | |
| June 1941 | ||
| 9 | Field Marshal List, commander of Twelfth Army, appointed Armed Forces Commander, Southeast. | |
| 22 | Operation BARBAROSSA begins. | |
| late | Bulk of German combat troops shifted from Balkans to Russian theater; number of sabotage incidents in Balkans increases. | |
| July 1941 | ||
| 13 | Inhabitants of Montenegro launch general attack on scattered Italian garrisons. | |
| August 1941 | ||
| Early | Italian army headquarters redesignated area commands. | |
| Tito moves his headquarters into the field. | ||
| Daily attacks on Serbian police stations. | ||
| September 1941 | ||
| 5 | WB Southeast transfers 125th Infantry Regiment (Separate) from Salonika area to Belgrade. | |
| 16 | Hitler issues directive ordering Marshal List to suppress revolt in Balkans. | |
| October 1941 | ||
| 25 | Marshal List relinquishes duties because of illness; General Kuntze appointed acting Armed Forces Commander, Southeast. | |
| 27 | Headquarters, Twelfth Army (Armed Forces Commander, Southeast) moves from Athens to Salonika. | |
| December 1941 | ||
| 11 | Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. | |
