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The British destoryer Glowworm encounters German forces supporting the Norway invasion. Glowworm rams the cruiser Admiral Hipper before she is sunk.

A German air raid at Scapa Flow damages a cruiser and causes the first civilian casualties in Britain of the war.

Norway's neutrality is violated by both sides as Britain sends the HMS Cossack to rescue British sailors who had been captured when their ships were sunk by the Graf Spree

Food rationing is introduced in the United Kingdom.

The British cruisers, Exeter, Achilles and Graf Spree. The heavy German armament damages two of the British cruisers putting into the neutral port of Montevideo for repairs. British forces concentrate. Captain Langsdorrf scuttles the Graf Spree.