Donster Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 1939: German bombers attacked British territory for the first time, with a bombing raid on the Shetland Islands. No serious damage was done. 1939: HMS Blanche struck a mine and sank off the Thames Estuary. She was the first Royal Naval destroyer lost in the war. 1939: Two German supply ships are scuttled when cornered by the Royal Navy. 1940: Two aircraft of the Wireless Intelligence and Development Unit make the first direct attack on enemy Ruffian navigational radar installations on the Cherbourg Peninsula by homing in on their transmission. 1941: President Roosevelt announces the arming of American merchant vessels carrying Lend-Lease cargo to Britain. The US Congress and Senate, vote by a small majority to repeal the 1939 Neutrality Act. 1941: Temperature near Moscow drops to -80°F (-22.2°C). 1941: Aircraft carrier Ark Royal is torpedoed off Gibraltar by U-81 and later sinks. 1942: The Eighth Army captures Tobruk and Montgomery says: ‘We have completely smashed the German and Italian armies’. 1942: Lt Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower flies to Algeria to conclude an agreement with French Admiral Jean Darlan. 1944: Free French forces under General Leclerc attack from Alsace towards the upper Rhine. 1944: German troops evacuate Skopje in Yugoslavia. 1945: General de Gaulle is elected head of the provisional French government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 As always Donster great work mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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