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First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito 25th November 1940 The de Havilland Mosquito was a British combat aircraft that excelled in versatility during the Second World War. Originally conceived as an unarmed fast bomber, the Mosquito adapted to many other roles during the air… Read more...
German V-2 Rocket kills 168 shoppers in London 26th November 1944 At lunchtime on 26th November 1944, a German V-2 rocket fell on a packed Woolworths store in New Cross Road, killing 168 people (including 15 children), injuring 122 others and razing the building to the… Read more...
WWII: Operation Clipper - Battle for Geilenkirchen 18th November 1944 Part of Operation Clipper, the Battle for Geilenkirchen was the first battle on German soil to be fought by the British since Minden in 1759. For them, it was just one more battle on the… Read more...
Dave Molyneux was born 21st November 1963 Dave Molyneux is a Sidecar TT racer with fourteen Isle of Man TT wins and has had more TT wins than any other sidecar TT racer. Read more...
Battle of Berezina ends 29th November 1812 In the winter of 1812, Napoleon's army retreated from Moscow under appalling conditions, hunted by three separate Russian armies, its chances of survival apparently nil. By late November Napoleon had reached the banks of the… Read more...
Hitler survives assassination attempt! 8th November 1939 "On this day in 1939, on the 16th anniversary of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch, a bomb explodes just after Hitler has finished giving a speech. He was unharmed. Hitler had made an annual ritual on… Read more...
