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WWII: German Battleship Bismarck is sunk 27th May 1941 In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, broke out into the Atlantic to attack Allied shipping. The Royal Navy‘s pursuit and subsequent destruction of Bismarck was an epic of… Read more...
Cato Street conspirators executed 1st May 1820 On 1st May 1820, outside Newgate Prison in front of a dense crowd, five of the Cato Street conspirators - Arthur Thistlewood, William Davidson, James Ings, Richard Tidd and John Brunt - were hanged for… Read more...
Battle of Tewkesbury 4th May 1471 On 4 May 1471 the forces of Lancaster under the Duke of Somerset and those of York under Edward IV clashed at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire in one of the decisive battles of the Wars of… Read more...
Korean War: The Third Battle of the Hook ends 29th May 1953 The third Battle of the Hook was a battle of the Korean War that took place between a United Nations force against a predominantly Chinese force. The Hook saw more blood spilt than any other… Read more...
Nazis Invade Crete 20th May 1941 World War II: German paratroopers invade the Mediterranean island of Crete - the first airborne invasion of a country ever attempted. The invasion was launched to round off Hitler's Balkan Campaign against Crete in May… Read more...
German Submarine U-110 captured by Royal Navy 9th May 1941 U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy on 9th May 1941 which provided a number of secret cipher documents to the British. U-110's capture, later given the code name "Operation Primrose", was one of the… Read more...
