[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/nov41/f16nov41.htm

Germans lay siege to Sevastopol
Sunday, November 16, 1941 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... German advances in the Crimea continue. Kerch falls to the Germans and Sevastopol is now being besieged. Near Moscow, some German advances are being reported.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sevastopol_%281941%E2%80%931942%29

Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/16.htm

November 16th, 1941

UNITED KINGDOM:

Destroyer HMS Tumult laid down.

Submarine HMS P-39commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

GERMANY: U-603, U-604 launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.S.R.: German forces continue their almost unimpeded advance through the Crimea. Kerch has fallen and Sevastopol is besieged with the Soviet resistance being very stubborn. Their advance on Moscow continues very slowly.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA: U-433 sunk at 2155hrs in the Mediterranean south of Malaga, Spain, in position 36.13N, 04.42W, after being damaged by depth charges and gunfire 25nm east of Gibraltar by the British corvette HMS Marigold. 6 dead and 38 survivors. (Dave Shirlaw)

COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: Air Force USAFFE is redesignated the FEAF. (Marc Small)

AUSTRALIA: Brereton dispatched by MacArthur on a three-week, 11,500-mile jaunt to Rabaul, Port Moresby, Townsville, and Melbourne, to comply with Marshall’s directive of 30 SEP 41 regarding use of airfields in British Empire areas.

U.S.A.: Destroyer USS Howorth laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)