The Year 1940.....

The Year 1940.....
On Fri. 15 Nov 1940 Akagi was assigned as special duty ship in Yokosuk.....
On Fri. 15 Nov 1940 British tug HMS Guardsman hit a mine and sank in t.....
On Fri. 15 Nov 1940 Captain Tamotsu Takama was named the commanding of.....
On Fri. 15 Nov 1940 German submarine U-65 sank British ship Kohinur 20.....
On Fri. 15 Nov 1940 Hiroaki Abe became the commanding officer of Japan.....
On Fri. 15 Nov 1940 Isoroku Yamamoto was promoted to the rank of admir.....
On Fri. 15 Nov 1940 Rear Admiral Shigeki Ando was named the chief of s.....
On Fri. 15 Nov 1940 Tenryu began a period of modernization, replacing.....
On Fri. 15 Nov 1940 The Warsaw ghetto in Poland was sealed from the re.....
On Fri. 15 Nov 1940 Vice Admiral Teruhisa Komatsu succeeded Vice Admir.....
On Fri. 15 Nov 1940 Vice Admiral Tsunejiro Ishii was made the commandi.....
On Fri. 16 Aug 1940 A "Test" Platoon led by Major William Lee and cons.....
On Fri. 16 Aug 1940 Adolf Galland recieved the Pilot's Badge in Gold w.....
On Fri. 16 Aug 1940 British and Commonwealth troops began evacuating B.....
On Fri. 16 Aug 1940 British submarine Osiris sank Italian ship Morea 5.....
On Fri. 16 Aug 1940 Despite being badly wounded and with his Hurricane.....
On Fri. 16 Aug 1940 Despite fine weather, German attacks on Britain we.....
On Fri. 16 Aug 1940 German submarine U-100 sank British ship Empire Me.....
On Fri. 16 Aug 1940 Hungary and Romania began negotiating over Transyl.....
On Fri. 16 Aug 1940 James Lacey claimed a probable kill on a German Bf.....