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12 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.
7 of 116 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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UK Parliament
Air-Raid Shelters And The Public Health (House of Lords)
Official record of proceedings in the House of Lords, sitting of 1940-11-12: "Air-Raid Shelters And The Public Health." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)
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UK Parliament
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (ADAPTA- TION OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) ORDER, 1940 (House of Lords)
Official record of proceedings in the House of Lords, sitting of 1940-11-12: "GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (ADAPTA- TION OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) ORDER, 1940." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)
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Strait of Otranto
1940 battle in World War II.
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Battle of Taranto
Two of the three damaged battleships were repaired by mid-1941, although the third never returned to active service.
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Battle of Taranto
One wag in the pilots' room remarked, "They only asked the Light Brigade to do it once!" In the end, bad weather prevented a repeat of the attack.
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Battle of Taranto
Plans for the capture of the port at Taranto were considered as early as the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935.
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