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... accounts of such horrors that we chose to disbelieve them as exaggerated."
1942: German troops of Army Group Centre, recapture Sukhinichi near Kaluga.
1942: US destroyers torpedo three Japanese transports off Balikpapan. This is the first US surface action since 1898 but the Japanese landings continue undisrupted.
1943: Russians take Starobelsk... |
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... fjord near Tromso in Norway. Over 1,000 men of her crew trapped in her capsized hull are lost.
1944: U.S. fighters wipe out a Japanese convoy near Leyte, consisting of six destroyers, four transports and 8,000 troops.
1945: The institute of France awards Churchill a gold medal.
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... The British Fleet launches an air attack against the Italian fleet at Taranto. Swordfish aircraft from the Aircraft Carrier HMS Illustrious damage three battleships, two cruisers, two destroyers and two auxiliaries craft. This British victory, forces the Italians to temporary withdraw their big surface units to the safer ports on the west coast of Italy.
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... along with 85% of the Jewish Greek population totaling 65,000 Jews.
1941: The German government issues a statement denying the charges made by President Roosevelt that the US destroyers Greer and Kearney were attacked by German submarines without any provocation; that the exact opposite was true in that the U-boats fired torpedoes only after they were tracked and depth... |
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... forces back into the German minefields fails, costing them 50 Panzer's. This leaves the axis forces with just 81 operational tanks. (WATCH ITALIAN NEWSREEL)
1942: United States destroyers sink the damaged carrier USS Hornet to prevent her from falling into the hands of approaching Japanese ships. The Hornet has been in operation for only 371 days.
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... forces back into the German minefields fails, costing them 50 Panzer's. This leaves the axis forces with just 81 operational tanks. (WATCH ITALIAN NEWSREEL)
1942: United States destroyers sink the damaged carrier USS Hornet to prevent her from falling into the hands of approaching Japanese ships. The Hornet has been in operation for only 371 days.
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... attack around Debrecen.
1944: The decisive three-day battle of Leyte Gulf begins. The Japanese lose four carriers, three battleships, six heavy and four light cruisers, 11 destroyers, one submarine and some 500 planes, with approximately 10,000 sailors killed. The first organized use of Kamikaze's by the Japanese are reported. (WATCH VIDEO) (8:57) http://www.you... |
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... Alexandria. However, bad weather stops the Italian fleet from putting to sea and the convoy arrives safely. Only the escorts return trip to Alexandria, they are attacked by a force of Italian Destroyers and Torpedo boats. No casualties are suffered by the Royal Navy, but the Italians lose 2 destroyers and 2 Torpedo boats sunk and 1 Destroyer damaged.
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1940: 26th night attack in succession on London.
1940: The first of the recently purchased US destroyers arrive in Britain.
1941 September 28, JEWISH ROUNDUP IN KIEV (Ukraine)
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... siege.
1942 September, According to some sources Japanese succeed in landing troops on Guadalcanal in the night from destroyers. Nauru, Gilbert Is. and Goodenough, off the SE coast of New Guinea are occupied by Japanese. Battle of Milne Bay, Papua, begins. ... |
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