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After a long chase the Royal Navy sinks the Bismarck.

The Battle of Crete was a battle during World War II on the Greek island of Crete. The battle began on the morning of 20 May, 1941, when Nazi Germany launched an airborne invasion of Crete under the code-name Unternehmen Merkur ("Operation Mercury").

Attacking from Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, Axis troops sweep into Yugoslavia and overwhelm the defending Royal Yugoslav Army which surrendered unconditionally. Yugoslavia was subsequently divided amongst Germany, and it's allies.

HMS Vanoc uses radar to locate U-100, the first time this technology was used successfully against u-boats. Only 6 of the 53 crew members survived when Vanoc rammed and sank the submarine.

After being spotted by a recon Ju-88, 5 Ju-88s from Catania made dive bomb attacks on the HMS Terror. She sunk the following morning. Terror was, by displacement, the largest warship sunk in the Mediterranean by Ju-88s during the entire war.