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Italians lose Gallabat
Sunday, November 10, 1940 www.onwar.com
In East Africa... British forces recapture Gallabat in the Sudan.
From Rome... The Italian Undersecretary for War, General Soddu, replaces General Prasca as the Commander in Chief in Albania.
Over Britain... London is bombed by 170 aircraft.
Over Germany... RAF conducts numerous raids despite stormy weather and icing. A total of 5 aircraft are lost.
In Romania... An earthquake causes damage from Bucharest to the Ploesti oilfields. An estimated 400 people are killed.
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November 10th, 1940
UNITED KINGDOM: The House of Commons meets in another building, “as an experiment and as a precaution against increased bombing.”
London: Telegram from Churchill to Roosevelt:
We have been much disturbed by reports of the intention of the French Government to bring [the battleships] Jean Bart and Richelieu to Mediterranean for completion. The danger is that these ships will fall under German control. We should feel bound to do our best to prevent it.
I would be most helpful if you felt able to give a further warning at Vichy on this matter.
[Roosevelt responded quickly offering to purchase the two ships for US Navy and guaranteeing that they would not be used in the present war.]
RAF Bomber Command: 111 aircraft are dispatched to the largest number of targets yet attacked in Germany in one night. The largest raid - with 25 Wellingtons involved - being on Gelsenkirchen. Bad weather over Europe makes the raids hazardous, with ice, thunder and cloud from ground to 18,000 feet.
ASW trawler HMS Kingston Alalite mined off Plymouth.
Submarine HMS Unbeaten commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)
GERMANY: The Wehrmacht High Command announced:
Our aerial combat formations continued their retaliatory raids on London all day and through the night. Once again they hit a large number of war-related industrial plants.
ALBANIA: General Soddu replaces General Prasca as the head of the Italian attack on Greece.
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Martin Maryland’s of No. 431 Flight RAF are used to reconnoitre the Italian Fleet at Taranto.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: On U-28, Maschinengefreiter Sachse was severely injured by boiling water.
Shortly after leaving Lorient, the crew of U-43 realized the boat was leaking fuel. U-43 returned to base and set out on patrol again the next day. (Dave Shirlaw)