On 18-19 October 1940, Many ships are sunk from the Convoy
SC 7 and Convoy HX 79 by the most effective wolfpack of the
war including On the night of 18-19 October 1940, five boats
made a concentrated attack. The U-boats involved were
U-46,
U-99,
U-100,
U-101
and
U-123.
U-99
was commanded by the famous ace Korvettenkapitän Otto
Kretschmer. The attack was coordinated from Lorient by
Admiral Karl
Dönitz and his staff. SS Creekirk, SS Empire Brigade,
SS Fiscus, SS Assyrian.
Owing to adverse weather conditions night bombing of enemy
targets was reduced scale. Attacks made on railway yards at
Osnabruck and on. aerodromes in North Holland.
The war against Italy, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) carried
out successful operations against enemy objectives at Benghazi
and Berka (Libya), Halfaya (near Sollum), Maritza (Dodecanese
Is.), and Diredawa (Abyssinia). Italian aircraft bombed Arab
state. of Saudi Arabia. Oil centre of Bahrein Island, Persian
Gulf, attacked.
Little Luftwaffe activity during day. Bombs fell in Kent and
in Midlands. Three main attacks during night against London,
Midlands and towns in North West. Heavy bombs and incendiaries
fell in London and suburbs. Two public shelters hit. Four
hospitals badly damaged, medical school set on fire. Crowded
Cafe wrecked. Social centre settlement damaged. Hotel struck.
Boys college in southeast England badly damaged. In Midlands
block of tall houses shattered, church and two chapels damaged.
Merseyside town attacked. Working class property demolished
in southeast coastal town.
Two Luftwaffe aircraft shot down.
M151
Minesweeper
Launched 19 October 1940
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
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2194 Days Of War.
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