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History on the 5th of November

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05 Nov 1912 WW2 Franklin Roosevelt was re-elected to New York State Senate in the United States. 
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05 Nov 1912 WW2 Henry Arnold suffered injuries in an air crash, and would be given a leave of absence from the Aviation Section of the US Army Signal Corps. 
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05 Nov 1914 WW1 Begin of Capture of Basra
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05 Nov 1917 WW1 Begin of Capture of Tikrit
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05 Nov 1920 WW2 Bruce Fraser departed Baku, Azerbaijian by rail under captivity. 
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05 Nov 1922 WW2 Roberts Dunstan was born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. 
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05 Nov 1930 WW2 The origins of naval radar in the US could be traced to a report from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) that two civilian scientists, L. C. Young and L. A. Hyland, had detected an aircraft in flight, this occurred while they were experimenting with the directional S of radio beams, which spotted an aircraft passing overhead. The NRL was later to inaugurate a project for the "detection of enemy vessels and aircraft by radio". 
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05 Nov 1936 WW2 Adolf Hitler told his top lieutenants that the German aim in the Spanish Civil War was not entirely to aid the Spanish Nationalists, but rather, to prolong the conflict to occupy the attention of the United Kingdom and France, and to continue to widen the chasm between the United Kingdom and Italy. 
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05 Nov 1936 WW2 Columbia-Haus Concentration Camp in Berlin, Germany was closed. 
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05 Nov 1937 WW2 35,000 Republican supporters were massacred in Piedrafita de Babia, Spain. 
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05 Nov 1937 WW2 Japanese 10th Army landed at Jinshanwei in the south of Shanghai, China in an attempt to surround the city. 
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05 Nov 1937 WW2 Adolf Hitler first announced his plans for European expansion at the Hossbach Conference in Germany. 
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05 Nov 1938 WW2 Hungary began to occupy territory ceded by Czechoslovakia per the First Vienna Award. 
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05 Nov 1939 WW2 A plot to arrest or even kill Adolf Hitler, hatched by of his most senior military staff, collapsed. Led by General Franz Halder, the architect of the invasion of Poland, many Generals were appalled by Hitler's plans to continue the conflict by invading Belgium and the Netherlands and feared that the adventure would founder in another Great War quagmire. Walther von Brauchitsch, who met with Hitler and was supposed to be the one to issue the order for his arrest, got cold feet and lost the opportunity to prevent Hitler from plunging Europe into another World War. However one of the conspirators, Colonel Hans Oster of German Military Intelligence, tipped off the Dutch and Belgians about Hitler's invasion intentions. 
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05 Nov 1939 WW2 Shigeru Fukudome was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet. 
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05 Nov 1940 WW2 Roosevelt was re-elected as President of the United States. 
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05 Nov 1940 WW2 German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer approached Allied convoy HX-84 in the North Atlatic in the late afternoon, and British armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay moved in to intercept. Hopelessly outgunned, Jervis Bay was sunk within 15 minutes of the gun battle; 190 were killed and 65 survived; Captain Fegen of Jervis Bay would be awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for his efforts to slow Admiral Scheer. Nevertheless, Admiral Scheer was able to sink 5 additional British ships in the convoy before the convoy scattered and escaped, killing an additional 208 sailors. 
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05 Nov 1940 WW2 Free French troops captured Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa (in present day Gabon) about 100 kilometer inland up the Ogooué River. Meanwhile, Free French, Foreign Legion, and Colonial troops set sail from Douala, French Cameroun for another Vichy-held city in French Equatorial Africa, Libreville. 
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05 Nov 1940 WW2 German submarine U-99 sank British tanker Scottish Maiden 180 miles northwest of Ireland at 0255 hours, killing 16; she was carrying 3,000 tons of diesel oil and 6,500 tons of marine fuel. British destroyer HMS Beagle picked up 28 survivors. 
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05 Nov 1940 WW2 Greek cavalry troops under General Georgios Stanotas began a new attack on the enveloped Italian Julia Division in the Vovousa valley in northern Greece. 
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05 Nov 1940 WW2 While at Alexandria, Egypt, a leak was found in the fuel system of HMS Eagle, requiring her to receive repairs; the damage was caused by near misses by Italian bombers on 12 Oct 1940. 
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05 Nov 1940 WW2 Hermann Göring issued an order to loot the art treasures at the Louvre museum in Paris, France, which were to be distributed to German museums and private collections of Nazi leaders, with a large portion of the art reserved for himself. 
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05 Nov 1941 WW2 At a conference with Emperor Showa, Japanese leaders decided to go to war with the United States, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands in early Dec 1941 should diplomatic relations with the US did not improve by 1 Dec. 
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05 Nov 1941 WW2 Japanese passenger ship Kehi Maru hit a Soviet mine and sank 75 miles off Korea in the Sea of Japan; 131 were killed, 379 survived. 
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05 Nov 1941 WW2 Soviet submarine ShCh-324 was lost in the Baltic Sea off Tallinn, Estonia; she had presumably hit a mine. All 38 aboard were killed. 
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05 Nov 1941 WW2 Cordell Hull had learned, via Magic intercepts of Japanese messages to Kichisaburo Nomura, that 25 Nov 1941 was Japan's final deadline for the decision on war. 
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05 Nov 1941 WW2 U-576 completed her first war patrol. 
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05 Nov 1941 WW2 Soviet submarine ShCh-214 sank Italian tanker Torcello in the Black Sea. 
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05 Nov 1941 WW2 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in US Territory of Hawaii detected improvements in security of Japanese naval communications and the recall of some of the merchant ships back to home waters. 
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05 Nov 1942 WW2 German government ordered that all Jews in concentration camps within Germany were to be deported to Auschwitz and Majdanek camps. 
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05 Nov 1942 WW2 British tanks attempted, in failure, to out-flank the retreating Axis forces in Egypt. 
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05 Nov 1942 WW2 The US 8th Marine Regiment and the 1st Battalion of US 10th Marine Regiment arrived at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. US Navy Construction Battalion personnel arrived at Aola Bay, about 40 miles east of the Lunga River, to begin construction of a new airfield; they were guarded by two US Army battalions and a number of US Marine raiders. Finally, also on the same date, US Marine Major General Vandegrift ordered the US Marine 2nd Raider Battalion to move toward Koli Point in an attempt to cut off any Japanese fleeing east. 
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05 Nov 1942 WW2 German intelligence reported that a large Allied fleet had departed Gibraltar. 
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05 Nov 1942 WW2 British freighter Chulmleigh of Operation FB got stuck on a reef off Norway at 2300 hours. 
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05 Nov 1942 WW2 Tenryu arrived at Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands and disembarked supplies. 
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05 Nov 1942 WW2 Vichy French forces on Madagascar surrendered. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 Captain and Surgeon Mamoru Nomura became the new commanding officer of hospital ship Hikawa Maru. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 Soviet troops began entering Kiev, Ukraine. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 USS Scorpion spotted a Japanese heavy cruiser, but failed to gain a good position to attack due to poor weather. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 USS Pompon arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her second war patrol. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 USS Cero damaged two Japanese transports south of Japan, hitting them with 3 of 9 torpedoes fired. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 USS Essex arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 USS Bunker Hill arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 USS Independence arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 US Task Force 38, with carriers USS Saratoga and USS Princeton, launched aircraft 60 miles southwest of Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands against Japanese Cruiser Division 4 anchored at Rabaul, New Britain; the Japanese detected the arrival of Task Force 38 but had mistakenly identified the carriers as transports, thus there was no immediate response. USS Saratoga launched 33 F6F, 16 TBF, and 22 SBD aircraft; USS Princeton launched 19 F6F and 7 TBF aircraft. Facing up to 70 Japanese fighters, the dive bombers attacked first, damaging several cruisers and two destroyers. The torpedo bombers attacked next, making only two hits, and both torpedoes were duds. The US suffered 9 aircraft lost and 14 airmen killed. In addition to the damage to Cruiser Division 4, the Japanese lost 1 D4Y1, 3 A6M, and 1 twin-engine transport aircraft. After the raid by carrier aircraft, US Army B-24 bombers conducted a follow-up attack, killing hundreds but causing minimal damage to shipping and facilities. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 Naka arrived at Rabaul, New Britain; later that day, she was slightly damaged by near misses by US carrier aircraft. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 During the US raid on Rabaul, New Britain, Chikuma was damaged by a near miss from a dive bomber piloted by Lieutenant (jg) John Lucas. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 During the US raid on Rabaul, New Britain, Maya was damaged by a hit on the port side scout plane deck, resulting in a fire that would raise the total death toll to 70 when all battle damage came under control. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 During the US raid on Rabaul, New Britain, Takao was hit on the main deck near No. 2 turret, killing 23. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 During the US raid on Rabaul, New Britain, Atago was damaged by three near misses, killing 22, including commanding officer Captain Nobuki Nakaoka. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 During the US raid on Rabaul, New Britain, Mogami was hit on the main deck between No. 1 and No. 2 turrets, killing 19; skilled flooding of the forward magazine prevented detonation. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 During the US raid on Rabaul, New Britain, Agano was damaged by a near miss, killing one. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 During the US raid on Rabaul, New Britain, Noshiro suffered punctured hull by strafing of dive bombers and a dent in the hull by a torpedo dud hit. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 During the US raid on Rabaul, New Britain, Amagiri was damaged by a near miss. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 After aircraft of US Task Force 38 attacked Rabaul in New Britain, the Japanese launched a counterattack against the carrier fleet. The 18 B5N2 aircraft failed to find the main fleet off Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, and instead attacked a convoy of three vessels (one LCI, one LCT, and one PT boat) nearby. They made two torpedo hits, both of which were duds, killing one. One B5N2 aircraft was shot down. Japanese propaganda claimed that this attack resulted in the sinking of 1 US carrier, 2 cruisers, and 2 destroyers. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 The RAF mounted its first raid on the V1 launch sites (codename "Noball") when B-25 Mitchell bombers from No. 2 Group attacked a facility at Mimoyecques near Calais, France. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 US Fifth Army reached the Sangro River in Italy. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 In Italy, Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery's British X Corps reached Monte Camino, a 3,000-foot pinnacle overlooking the River Garigliano and the entrance to the Liri valley. Here, and in the surrounding hills, the Germans had laid extensive minefields and set booby-traps as well as blasting artillery, mortar and machine gun positions out of the solid rock. After several days of savage fighting in the cold and wet, Harold Alexander called off further action in order that the front-line divisions may be rested before trying again. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 Light carrier Ryuho arrived at Kure, Japan. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 Destroyer Yukikaze arrived at Kure, Japan. 
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05 Nov 1943 WW2 An unidentified aircraft dropped five bombs (only four would detonate) on Vatican City; Benito Mussolini claimed this was an attack by US aircraft, while Allied headquarters disclaimed any knowledge of the unwarranted attack. It would not be until 2010 before it was discovered that Italian Fascist politician Roberto Farinacci was behind the attack. 
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05 Nov 1944 WW2 British troops began landing at Salonika, Greece. 
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05 Nov 1944 WW2 German 4.Armee recaptured Goldap, East Prussia, Germany. 
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05 Nov 1944 WW2 British troops captured Ravenna, Italy, cutting the rail line to Bologna. 
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05 Nov 1944 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Yokosuka, Japan for her 22th voyage with the Japanese Navy. 
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05 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Makin Island arrived at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. 
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05 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Preston guarded carriers while the carriers launched strikes against Philippine Islands. 
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05 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Ticonderoga launched Air Group 80 aircraft for strikes on Manila and surrounding targets on Luzon, Philippine Islands; 10 men and 5 aircraft were lost. 
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05 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Wasp's aircraft attacked Japanese airfields on Luzon, Philippine Islands. 
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05 Nov 1944 WW2 While in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, Nachi survived the first two waves of a US Navy carrier attack, but was caught by about 60 aircraft from a third wave from USS Ticonderoga and USS Lexington at 1250 hours. She was disabled by five bombs and two or three torpedoes. At 1400 hours, she was able to even her list and prepared to be towed away by destroyer Akebono. At 1445 hours, another wave from USS Lexington hit Nachi with five torpedoes, twenty bombs, and sixteen rockets. Nachi sank at 1450 hours. 807, including Captain Enpei Kanoka, were killed; 220 survived. 
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05 Nov 1944 WW2 A German V-2 rocket hit Collier Row in Essex County near London (now a part of London), England, United Kingdom at 0035 hours. Another rocket hit Penhurst, Kent, southern England at 0130 hours. At 0745, a third rocket hit Tooting Bec Common in southwest London. A fourth rocket hit an iron bridge in Southwark Park Road, Bermundsey, London at 1045 hours, damaging 250 feet of railway. At 1713 hours, yet another rocket hit Grovedale Road, Islington, London, killing 31 and seriously injuring 84. 
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05 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Charr departed New London, Connecticut, United States. 
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05 Nov 1944 WW2 Bulgarian troops captured Podujevo, Yugoslavia. 
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05 Nov 1945 WW2 Lord Gort stepped down as the High Commissioner of the British Mandate of Palestine. 
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05 Nov 1945 WW2 The first carrier landing by a jet aircraft took place on the flight deck of USS Wake Island, off San Diego, California, United States. 
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05 Nov 1945 WW2 Du Yuming requested Chiang Kaishek for permission to use force to take Huludao or Yingkou, Liaoning Province, China from communist forces. He would receive the permission and would launch the offensive within days. 
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05 Nov 1945 WW2 USS Saint Paul departed Tokyo, Japan. 
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05 Nov 1945 WW2 Vsevolod Merkukov, Viktor Abakukov, and Sergei Kruglov concluded that of a list of 105 important German prisoners of war given to them three days prior, 85 of them could be placed on public trial for war crimes. 
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05 Nov 1945 WW2 USS Cero arrived at New London, Connecticut, United States. 
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05 Nov 1946 WW2 Max Merten was released from captivity by the Greek government. 
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