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8 November 1940
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
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Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia-Kalamas.
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Excerpt from the London Gazette, Supplement to Issue 34989, page 6489, published 1940-11-12: "of the MostAncient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle.(Appointment to be dated 8th November1940.).
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 18 Allied sorties (7 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1940-11-08, flown by RAF. Targets included ITALY, LIBYA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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