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	1942
January 1942
	15–26	Major antiguerrilla operations in Croatia.
	18	Second British drive into Libya stopped.
March 1942
	1	Headquarters, LXV Corps Command and headquarters, Military Command, Serbia, merged.
April–May 1942
20 April–3 May		First major joint antiguerrilla operation launched by Italian, German, and Croatian troops.
May 1942
	27	Rommel opens second drive into Egypt.
July 1942
		General Robotti launches drive on Partisans in Slovenia.
		Total Yugoslavia guerrilla losses to date estimated at 45,000 dead.
August 1942
	8	General Kuntze relieved by General Loehr as Armed Forces Commander, Southeast.
October 1942
	23	Start of the Battle of El Alamein.
November 1942
	8	Allies invade North Africa.
	10	Russians launch Stalingrad counteroffensive.
	25	Guerillas blow up Gorgopotamos Bridge, some 100 miles north of Athens.
December 1942
	28	Hitler issues directive raising status of Armed Forces Commander, Southeast, to that of Commander-in-Chief, Southeast.
	1943
May 1943
	8–12	End of Axis resistance in North Africa.
June 1943
		EDES ceases active operations against Germans.
July 1943
	10	Allies establish lodgment in Sicily.
	25	Mussolini forced to resign.
	26	Directive No. 48 introduces major organizational changes and centralizes authority for defense of the Balkan Peninsula. Field Marshal von Weichs named new Commander-in-Chief, Southeast.
August 1943
	18	Resistance in Sicily collapses.
September 1943
	2	Allies land in southern Italy.
	3	Italy signs armistice.
September 1943
	17	Allies capture Foggia air base.
	19	Armed Forces High Command directive makes Rommel and Army Group B responsible for destroying guerilla forces in Istria.
	end	German forces in Balkans total 600,000 men.
October 1943
	1	Allies land at Salerno.