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 | 1941-01-09 | Lancaster Test Flight | H.A. "Bill" Thorn took Avro Lancaster for its first flight. The aircraft proved to be a great improvement on its predecessor, being "one of the few warplanes in history to be 'right' from the start. | Read about 'Lancaster Test Flight' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Lancaster Test Flight' | |
| 1941-01-01 | 1941-01-02 | Ireland Bombed | German bombers, perhaps off course, bomb Ireland two nights in a row. | Read about 'Ireland Bombed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Ireland Bombed' |
| 1940-12-29 | St Paul's Damaged | Large scale air raids on London. St Paul's Cathedral is damaged. This night was quickly dubbed The Second Great Fire of London and destroyed an area arguably greater than that of the Great Fire of London of 1666. | Read about 'St Paul's Damaged' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'St Paul's Damaged' | |
| 1940-12-23 | Antonietta sunk | Despite her age and mechanical problems, she participated in the 1940-41 Greco-Italian War under the command of Lt Cdr Miltiadis Iatridis, carrying out six war patrols in the Adriatic. During one of these, she sank the Italian ship Antonietta. | Read about 'Antonietta sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Antonietta sunk' | |
| 1940-12-22 | 1940-12-24 | Manchester Blitz | 684 people are killed an 2,364 injured during the Manchester Blitz. | Read about 'Manchester Blitz' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Manchester Blitz' |
| 1940-12-22 | Himara | The Italian Fascist Army is evicted by the Greek Army. Himara was briefly annexed to Greece until the German invasion. | Read about 'Himara' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Himara' | |
| 1940-12-16 | Night Raid | Mannheim is the target of the RAF's first night bombing raid. | Read about 'Night Raid' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Night Raid' | |
| 1940-12-12 | Marples tragedy | Approximately 70 people are killed in the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield as a result of a German air raid. | Read about 'Marples tragedy' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Marples tragedy' | |
| 1940-12-08 | Spain Neutral | Franco rules out Spanish entry into the war; the immediate result is that Hitler is forced to cancel an attack on Gibraltar. | Read about 'Spain Neutral' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Spain Neutral' | |
| 1940-12-08 | Gibralter Safe | Hitler is forced to cancel plans for an attack on Gibraltar when Franco declares that Spain will remain a neutral power in the Second World War. | Read about 'Gibralter Safe' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Gibralter Safe' |
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