November 18

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OPERATION CRUSADER TO LIFT AXIS SIEGE OF TOBRUK
ByNorm Haskett November 18, 2025 Reading Time: 7 minutes

Tobruk, Cyrenaica, Eastern Libya • November 18, 1941 On this date in 1941 the British Eighth Army, an assortment of British, Commonwealth, Indian, and other Allied servicemen commanded by Lt. Gen. Alan Cunningham (from November 26 by Lt. Gen. Neil Ritchie), launched a surprise military operation from Egyptian territory against Axis forces in Eastern Libya…

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RAF INITIATES AIR “BATTLE OF BERLIN”
ByNorm Haskett November 18, 2019 Reading Time: 6 minutes

London, England • November 18, 1943 On this date in 1943 the Royal Air Force Bomber Command under Arthur “Bomber” Harris launched the airborne Battle of Berlin, which lasted through March 1944. Harris believed the aerial assault on Berlin—if it came anywhere close to Hamburg’s terrifying destruction the previous July (Operation Gomorrah)—could be the blow…

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