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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

Posted on December 9, 2013 by secondbysecond

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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This week in the War, 4–10 August 1941: The Atlantic Charter

Posted on August 7, 2013 by secondbysecond

The Atlantic Charter conference took place this week in the war, 9–12 August 1941. United States president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, travelled on board the American heavy cruiser USS Augusta to meet with British prime minister Winston Churchill. Churchill came on … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 26 May–1 June 1941: Sink the Bismarck!

Posted on May 30, 2013 by secondbysecond

“Sink the Bismarck, at any cost,” was the order that Winston Churchill gave to the Royal Navy when the world’s most powerful battleship was on the rampage in the North Atlantic. After a long and harrowing chase, Churchill’s wish was … Continue reading →

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