October 1939-1945

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British midget submarine, X-craft HMS X10 sunk "scuttled in N Sea"

▶1943
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Assassination plot against Hitler fails, "Warsaw"

▶1939
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Lieutenant: Edward John ANSON

▶1943

British corvette HMS Godetia sunk "collision off N.Ireland"

▶1940
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German troops enter Romania

▶1940
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Polish destroyer HMS Orkan sunk "ex HMS Myrmidon by U-378, N Atlantic"

▶1943
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British destroyer HMS Panther sunk "by aircraft bombs, Scarpanto Strait, Dodecanese"

▶1943

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British destroyer HMS Broadwater sunk "ex USS Mason by U-101, N Atlantic"

▶1941
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British destroyer HMS Venetia sunk "by mine, Thames, SE England"

▶1940

3 British POW"s escape from Stalag Luft III, The Wooden Horse

▶1943
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Captain: James Archibald MacDONALD

▶1942

British escort destroyer HMS Hurworth sunk "by mine, W. Med"

▶1943
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British escort destroyer HMS Limbourne sunk "by own forces after damage by E-boat torpedoes, English Channel"

▶1943

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British destroyer HMS Eclipse sunk "by mine off Kalimno, Dodecanese"

▶1943

U.S carrier USS Princeton sunk "Battle of Leyte Gulf"

▶1944
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Captain: William LEGGE

▶1942

British cruiser HMS Latona sunk "by aircraft, E. Med"

▶1941
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U.S carrier USS Hornet sunk "Battle of the Santa Cruz"

▶1942

Norwegian corvette HMS Rose sunk "collision, W Atlantic"

▶1944
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British destroyer HMS Cossack sunk "foundered after being torpedoed by U-563, W of Gibraltar"

▶1941
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Italy invades Greece

▶1940
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British destroyer HMS Sturdy sunk "wrecked, Tiree Island, W Scotland"

▶1940
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Private: Talbot Henry GORDON

▶1942
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