12th November to 18th November
publication date: Nov 12, 2007
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author/source: Adam Hill
12th November
1941 Chervona Ukraina sunk by German aircraft in Sevastapol harbour
1944 Tirpitz sunk by RAF Lancasters using Tallboy bombs
13th November
1642 Battle of Turnham Green, the London Trainbands turn back Royalist troops
1941 HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed near Gibraltar by U-81
1982 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedication march past, Washington DC
14th November
1940 Coventry, England, is heavily attacked by the Luftwaffe
1965 Battle of the Ia Drang commences as 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry hit LZ X-Ray
15th November
1969 The USS Gato and the Soviet K19 submarines collide under the Barents Sea
16th November
1632 Battle of Lutzen, the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus is killed in battle
1857 Second Relief of Lucknow sees 24 Victoria Crosses awarded
17th November
1183 Battle of Mizushima, the Tiara Clan defeat the Minamoto Clan at sea
1796 Battle of Arcole, Italy ends, when Napoleon forces the Austirans to withdraw
18th November
1812 Battle of Krasnoi, Neys III Corps smashed by Russian troops
1991 Vukovar, Croatia, falls to Serbian forces after a 3 month siege