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Revision as of 13:16, 13 September 2007
| Military history of Gibraltar during World War II - Timeline of events - Searchlights in action, 1940 (Imperial War Museum) | |
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| late 1939 | Construction of a solid surface runway begins |
| 9 September 1939 | No. 200 Squadron RAF is ordered to Gibraltar |
| 25 September 1939 | No 200 (Coastal) Group is formed as a subordinate formation to HQ RAF Mediterranean |
| June 1940 | 13,500 evacuees are shipped to Casablanca in French Morocco |
| 13 July 1940 | Re-evacuation back to Gibraltar is complete |
| July 1940 | Evacuees are shipped to the Atlantic island of Madeira and London |
| 9 October 1940 | 1,093 evacuees re-evacuated to Jamaica |
| 10 March 1941 | Operation Felix amended to become Operation Felix-Heinrich |
| late 1941 | Plans for Operation Tracer are put together |
| January 1942 | Extensive trials of equipment for Operation Tracer begins |
| summer 1942 | Operation Tracer ready |
| July 1942 | Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower is appointed Allied Commander-in-Chief of Operation Torch |
| 5 November 1942 | Eisenhower arrives in Gibraltar to take command |
| 4 July 1942 | A Liberator bomber from RAF Transport Command takes off from Gibraltar and crashes, killing Władysław Sikorski, Polish military and political leader |
| November 1943 | Resettlement Board established |
| 6 April 1944 | First group of 1367 repatriates arrives on the Rock directly from the United Kingdom |
| 28 May 1944 | First repatriation party leaves Madeira |
| 8 May 1945 | Victory in Europe Day |