10 Nov 1940

Indian Ocean
  • German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis, disguised as British auxiliary cruiser HMS Antenor in the darkness before dawn, closed in on Norwegian tanker Ole Jacob in the Bay of Bengal. After a tense stand-off, the Norwegian captain decided to surrender, fearing that a gunfight might ignite the cargo of 11,000 barrels of high-octane aviation fuel. Ole Jacob was captured as a prize ship and sent first to Japan and then to France, carrying a cargo of aviation fuel and the captured prisoners from Ole Jacob and Teddy. Ole Jacob's distress signal would resulted in the dispatching of Australian cruisers Canberra, Capetown, and Durban, but they would fail to catch Atlantis. ww2dbase [Canberra (County-class) | Atlantis | Bay of Bengal | CPC]
22 May 1942

Indian Ocean
  • Lieutenant Colonel Tateo Kato, flying a Ki-43 fighter, was shot down and killed by British RAF Flight Sergeant "Jock" McLuckie, a turret gunner aboard a Blenheim bomber, over the Bay of Bengal. ww2dbase [Tateo Kato | Bay of Bengal | CPC]



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Princess Kazuko (first from left, daughter of Emperor Showa) and Toshimichi Takatsukasa (second from left) on their wedding day, Japan, 20 May 1950; Emperor Showa, Empress Kojun, and Empress Dowager Teimei also present

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George Patton, 31 May 1944


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