Air Operations, North AfricaGerman Stukas damage the British monitor Terror in the Benghazi harbor. She sinks in tow the next day. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Battle of the Atlantic
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German RaidersThe battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sink 5 ships from a scattered convoy east of Newfoundland. The ships lost are the British steamer Kantara (3240t), the British steamer Trelawney (4690t) with the loss of 1 crewman, the British steamer A. D. Huff (6200t) with the loss of 2, the British tanker Lustrous (6156t) and the British tanker Harlesden (5500t) with the loss of 7 of her crew. All the survivors from the 5 ships are made prisoners of war.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() GreeceThe British leaders Eden, Dill, Wavell and Cunningham are in Athens to meet King George and Premier Korizis in regards to sending aid to the Greeks. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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