UK Parliament
Operations in Northern Africa (House of Lords)
Official record of proceedings in the House of Lords, sitting of 1940-12-19: "Operations in Northern Africa."
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19 December 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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Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 35024, page 7254, published 1940-12-27: "issioners of the Admiralty are to give thenecessary directions herein accordingly.Rupert B. Howorth.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 7 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1940-12-19, flown by RAF. Targets included GREECE.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Battle of Britain
Total British civilian losses from July to December 1940 were 23,002 dead and 32,138 wounded, with one of the largest single raids on 19 December 1940, in which almost 3,000 civilians died.
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