Diary November 19, 1941

11-1941, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 19, 1941:

Sea War

Indian Ocean: Battle off Shark Bay (West Australia) between disguised raider Kormoran and cruiser Sydney, both ships crippled – Sydney drifts away, enveloped in flames, and disappears over horizon (no survivors, 645 killed).
Kormoran scutled because of irreparable damage and 316 survivors become Australian PoWs. This is the only success of an auxiliary cruiser against a regular war ship.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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