Air Operations, Europe
- The RAF hits Berlin with its heaviest raid yet. Naples is hit for the first time by the RAF.
Bristol-Blenheim Twin-Engine Light Bombers
Naples is struck for the first time, by RAF and Fleet Air Arm Bristol-Blenheim twin-engine light bombers flying out of Malta. It was part of a coordinated British attack against Naples and Brindisi. In Naples, the primary targets were the port facilities at the extreme eastern end of the Port of Naples as well as the rail, industrial and petroleum facilities in the eastern part of the city and the steel mill to the west, in Bagnoli.
That attack, itself, was part of a broader British campaign against the Italian armed forces in the southern Mediterranean. Although the British focus in the summer and autumn of 1940 was primarily on the home front—the great air war (The "Battle of Britain") against the Luftwaffe—Britain had an important second war going in the south. Italy had declared war on June 10 against Britain and France; then, Italy invaded Egypt on September 13 from the Italian colony in Libya, and then invaded Greece on October 28. A British failure to meet Italian moves in the Mediterranean might have led to Axis control of the eastern Mediterranean, including loss of the Suez Canal and the British air and naval facilities on Malta and in Egypt.
- The Italians bomb Salonika (59 killed), Piraeus, Larissa, Corfu, Corinth and Candia, Crete. The Greeks bomb the Italian HQ at Koritsa, Albania.
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]Atlantic
The Royal Navy mines the Bay of Biscay.
[ | ]Battle of the Atlantic
- U-124 sinks the British steamer Empire Bison (5612t), a straggler from Convoy HX-82, about 200 miles northwest of Rockall with the loss of 38 of her crew. 4 survivors are picked up by the British steamer Olga S.
- The British steamer Letchworth is sunk by German bombing south-southwest of Mouse Light Vessel with the loss of 1 crewman.
- The Norwegian steamer Hundvaag (690t) sinks on a mine west of No. 1 Buoy. 1 crewman is lost. The mine was laid by German torpedo boats the night of 29 October.
| ]The Blitz
This is the first night since September 7 (1 src says 11/3) that there is no raid on London. There have been 57 consecutive nights of attack and after this night 10 more will follow. An average of 165 planes has attacked each night dropping 13,600 tons of high explosive bombs and many incendiaries.
Bomb Damage on Aston Road North |
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Bomb Damage at Plymouth |
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| ]Greek-Albanian Front
The Italian advance reaches the Kalamas River in the Epirus district. A small British bomber unit is sent to help the Greeks. This force is increased at Churchill's order during the next few days. About half the RAF strength from Egypt is sent. The British government believes that it is vital to fulfill the guarantees given to Greece to bolster neutral opinion, especially in the Balkans and Turkey.
Italian infantry advancing in Greece |
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