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November 12th, 1941
UNITED KINGDOM: Destroyer HMS Ulster laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
FRANCE: Nimes: General Huntziger, the Vichy war minister, was killed 50 miles north of here today, in a plane accident. He was returning from a mission to North Africa, to consult General Weygand on a possible German bid to use French North Africa.
Though Huntziger signed the armistice with the Germans in June last year, he was a staunch defender of French interests against German encroachment and the strongest opponent of Laval’s efforts to open French ports to Germany.
U.S.S.R.: At Orsha senior German commanders are shown the plans for the continuing attacks on Moscow. Three Panzer groups and three infantry armies will participate.
The Red Army uses its ski troops in combat for the first time in the Great Patriotic War today. (Patrick Holscher)
Germans sink cruiser Chervona Ukraina, the only one lost by Soviets in World War Two. (Dave Shirlaw)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: U-331 left Salamis with eight members of a special service team on board for the African front in Tobruk. (Dave Shirlaw)
CANADA: Corvette HMCS Ville de Quebec (ex-HMCS Quebec) laid down Quebec City, Province of Quebec.
U.S.A.: Minesweepers USS Pursuit and Requisite laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
The news is really heating up in the Far East.....