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12th November to 18th November

publication date: Nov 12, 2007
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author/source: Adam Hill
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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