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Finns reject Soviet demands. Soviet Union declares war on 13 November
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26534 |
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The Venlo Incident - German agents kidnap two British spies, Sigismund Payne Best and Richard Stevens, from neutral Holland in one of the best known British intelligence failures of the war
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26535 |
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RAF fighters shoot down a German flying boat off the east coast
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26536 |
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A Lockheed Hudson of No.220 Squadron becames the first Coastal Command aircraft to shoot down a German aircraft. Their victim was a Do.18 of 3.Staffel/ K.Fl.Gr.406, which capsized after being forced to make an emergency landing.
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26537 |
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Royal Navy announces that HMS Rover has been lost
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26538 |
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The Dutch begin to inundate areas to provide a defensive buffer
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26539 |
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The Queen broadcasts to the Women of the Empire
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26540 |
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Germany repeats her assurance that the neutrality of Belgium and Holland will be respected
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26541 |
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RAF carries out reconnaissance over south west Germany
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26542 |
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The King and the French President respond to the Dutch-Belgian peace appeal
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