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Tag : Combat

1941-11-081941-11-09Duisburg Convoy

The Italian convoy "Duisburg", named after the German steamer, was destroyed by the Royal Navy's Force K with no loss and almost no damage.

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1941-11-07Armenia Sunk

Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimeas hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.

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1941-10-31USS Reuben James Sunk

Position Unknown. Reuben James was hit forward by a torpedo and her entire bow was blown off when a magazine exploded. The bow sank immediately. Of the 159-man crew, only 44 survived. It was the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.

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1941-10-301942-07-04Siege of Sevastopol

Despite numerous setbacks and high casualties, with the help of highly effective aerial bombardment (to make up for a shortage in artillery), Axis forces capture the port city.

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1941-10-22Guy Mquet Executed

French hero of the resistance Guy Mquet is executed by the Germans, along with 29 other hostages as a retaliation for a killed German officer.

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1941-10-201941-10-21Kragujevac Massacre

German troops massacred between 2,300 to 5,000 civilians, mostly Serbs and Roma, women and schoolchildren, in Kragujevac, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). It was one of the worst massacres during the German military occupation of Serbia.

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1941-10-03Oryol Occupied

Oryol is occupied by Wehrmacht troops. It would not be liberated until the 5th of August 1943, after being almost completely destroyed during the Battle of Kursk.

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1941-09-08Lenningrad Encircled

The last land connection to the besieged city was severed when Germans troops reached Lake Ladoga at Orekhovets. The city would remained under siege for 872 days.

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1941-08-16Mykolaiv Falls

Troops from Army Group South capture Soviet naval base in the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv.

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1941-08-081941-10-16Siege of Odessa

It took 73 days and 93,000 casualties for the Romanian army and elements of the German 11th army to take Odessa.

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