12 Nov 1941
  • Charles Huntziger passed away. ww2dbase [Charles Huntziger | CPC]
  • German submarine U-203, with one engine and aft diving planes damaged by a British air attack on the previous day, arrived in Brest, France. ww2dbase [CPC]
  • After sundown, the temperature in the Moscow region of Russia dropped to 5 degrees Fahrenheit or -15 degrees Celsius, which was harsh on the troops on either side, but particularly to the Germans who were less prepared to deal with the weather. The vehicles that had not been frozen, however, were now able to move as the mud hardened, and the 3rd and 4th Panzer Armies prepared to take advantage of the situation for an offensive. Meanwhile, 22 infantry divisions, 14 cavalry divisions, and 11 ski battalions began to arrive to reinforce the Soviet capital. ww2dbase [Battle of Moscow | CPC]
  • Soviet submarine S-34 was lost off the Bulgarian coast near Cape Emine, presumably to a mine; all 51 aboard were lost. ww2dbase [CPC]
  • Finnish vessels laid mines in the Gulf of Finland to disrupt the Soviet attempts to evacuate personnel from Hanko in southern Finland. ww2dbase [CPC]
  • Oberleutnant Adalbert Karbe and Hauptmann Heinrich Wittmer of the German Kampfgeschwader 55 wing were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. ww2dbase [CPC]
France Mediterranean Sea
  • British aircraft carriers HMS Ark Royal and HMS Argus from the Operation Perpetual convoy launched 37 Hurricane fighters to reinforce Malta. ww2dbase [Malta Campaign | CPC]
Russia
  • Stuka dive bombers of German StG 77 damaged Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina with 3 bombs at Sevastopol, Russia. Destroyers Sovershenny and Besposhchadny were also damaged, with the former capsizing at the naval shipyard. ww2dbase [Battle of Sevastopol | Sevastopol | CPC]



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Flight Lieutenant L H Abbott, British Air Ministry official photographer, holding a Fairchild K-20 aerial camera in front of a Douglas Dakota aircraft, 1943-44.

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