1941 German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean.
1942 Aircraft carrier USS Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack in Coral Sea.
1943 Admiral Cunningham of British fleet: "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass"
1945 V-E Day; WWII ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender. 1945 German General Von Keitel formally surrenders to Marshal Georgy Zhukov and the Soviets in Berlin.
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