Timeline: 1940

Calendar

May

28 Major General Henry Willoughby is cut off behind German lines in northern France and captured.

June

6 A team of Room XIII agents is dropped into northern France to rescue Major General Willoughby.

8 Major General Willoughby is returned to England.

12 French cargo ship S.S. Golo carrying a lethal cargo is intercepted off Tynemouth by a team of Room XIII agents.

17 General De Gaulle is evacuated from Bordeaux by a team of Room XIII agents.

24 Operation Collar. British commandos raid the French coast. A team of Room XIII agents accompany them to retrieve a mysterious box allegedly vital to the war effort.

27 Der Hexenhamer arrives on the Suffolk coast on a mission to retrieve "the box".

28 Der Hexenhamer is captured by a team of Room XIII agents.

July

1 A team of Room XIII agents is sent to Mers-el-Kebir to intercept a German agent.

3 The Royal Navy attacks the fleet in Mers-el-Kebir harbour.

11 A team of Room XIII agents raids the Danish coast to capture German radio equipment.

19 A golem emerges from the English Channel at Walmington-on-Sea.

21 The golem is intercepted and captured by a team of Room XIII agents.

26 A team of Room XIII agents is despatched to Montreux, Switzerland, to retrieve British agent Michelle Etoile.

August

2 A German u-boat is forced ashore near Fraserburgh, Scotland. The crew disembark and vanish before it can be boarded.

4 A team of Room XIII agents defeat the u-boat crew in Edinburgh before they can succeed in capturing Dr. Alexander Fleming.

10 German saboteurs are halted in London by a team of Room XIII agents.

13 Alder Tag. A German raid on Roslyn is foiled by a team of Room XIII agents.

24 A night bombing raid on London allows Emile Braque to evade the team of Room XIII agents pursuing him.