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This week in the War, 8–14 December 1941: HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk off the coast of Malaya & Germany and Italy declare war on the USA

This week in the war, 10 December 1941, the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Repulse, were attacked and sunk off the coast of Malaya by Japanese bombers and torpedo-carrying aircraft. The British admiralty had recently despatched … Continue reading

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