another miscalc on a grand scale
Looks like Udet really did kill himself:
On 17 November 1941 Udet committed suicide, shooting himself in the head while on the phone with his girlfriend. Evidence indicates that his unhappy relationship with Göring, Erhard Milch, and the Nazi Party in general was the cause of his mental breakdown.
According to Udet’s biography, The Fall of an Eagle, he wrote a suicide note in red pencil which included: “Ingelein, why have you left me?” and “Iron One, you are responsible for my death.” “Ingelein” referred to his girlfriend, Inge Bleyle, and “Iron One” to Hermann Göring. The book The Luftwaffe War Diaries states something similar, that Udet wrote “Reichsmarschall, why have you deserted me?” in red on the headboard of his bed.
It is possible that an affair Udet had with Martha Dodd,[10] daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Germany and Soviet sympathizer, during the 1930s might have had some importance in these events. Records made public in the 1990s confirm Soviet security involvement with Dodd’s activities.
Udet’s suicide was concealed from the public, and at his funeral he was lauded as a hero who had died in flight while testing a new weapon. On his way to attend Udet’s funeral, the World War II fighter ace Werner Mölders died in a plane crash in Breslau. Udet was buried in the Invalidenfriedhof Cemetery in Berlin. Mölders was buried next to Ernst Udet and Manfred von Richthofen at the Invalidenfriedhof.
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/nov41/f19nov41.htm
Australians sink German raider
Wednesday, November 19, 1940 www.onwar.com
HMAS SydneyIn the Pacific... 170 miles off the coast of western Australia, the Australian light cruiser Sydney discovers the German raider ship Kormoran. The Sydney approached to hail and was fired upon with both deck guns and torpedoes. The Kormoran has been responsible for sinking 11 ships during its tour. The Sydney returns fire and after a brief battle both ships sink. News of the battle comes from survivors from the Kormoran, no one survives from the Sydney.
In North Africa... The British 7th Armoured Brigade reaches Sidi Rezegh as part of the advances planned in Operation Crusader. However, other portions of the 7th Armoured Division are heavily engaged. The 4th Armoured Brigade engages part of the German 21st Panzer Division and loses heavily. The 22nd Armoured Brigade engages the Italian Ariete Division at Bir el Gubi and also suffers heavy loses.