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10 Nov 1865

Japan

Prince Kotohito was born in Kyoto, Japan.
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10 Nov 1888

Andrei Tupolev was born.
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10 Nov 1903

Japan

The Kure Naval Arsenal was established at Kure, Japan.

10 Nov 1918

Douglas MacArthur was appointed the commander of the US 42nd Division at the rank of temporary major general.
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Andrew McNaughton was promoted to the rank of brevet brigadier-general.
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10 Nov 1921

Hiroaki Abe was transferred out of Japanese Navy 3rd Fleet.
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10 Nov 1922

Kinu was commissioned into service.
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10 Nov 1923

Japan

Chuichi Nagumo was name an instructor at the Japanese naval war college.
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10 Nov 1927

China

Chiang Kaishek arrived in Shanghai, China from Japan.
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United Kingdom

HMS Rodney was commissioned into service.
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10 Nov 1928

Japan

Emperor Showa was officially crowned the Emperor of Japan, even though he had been the head of state since his father Emperor Taisho's passing on 25 Dec 1926.
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Photo(s) dated 10 Nov 1928

Emperor Showa (Hirohito) during his coronation ceremony, dressed in the robes of the high priest of State Shinto, 10 Nov 1928

10 Nov 1930

Amagiri was commissioned into service.
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10 Nov 1932

British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in a speech said: "The bomber will always get through. The only defence is in offence, which means that you have to kill more women and children than the enemy if you want to save yourselves."

10 Nov 1936

Photo(s) dated 10 Nov 1936

Rydz-Smigly receiving the title of Marshal of Poland from Ignacy Moscicki, Warsaw, 10 Nov 1936

10 Nov 1937

The Hossbach Memorandum was completed, which outlined Hitler's plans for German autarchy and future expansion.
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A document sent from the German Foreign Office to Adolf Hitler revealed that German should test British sentiments toward Germany by demanding territory concessions.
Historical document written: Hossbach Memorandum
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10 Nov 1938

Hungary completed the occupation of territory ceded by Czechoslovakia per the First Vienna Award.
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Erwin Rommel became the commanding officer of the military academy at Wiener Neustadt in southern Germany.
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Georg von Bismarck became the commanding officer of the 7th Infantry Regiment in Gera, Germany.
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Photo(s) dated 10 Nov 1938

The Great Berlin Synagogue burning during Kristallnacht, 10 Nov 1938

Damage to the Uhlfelder department store in Munich, Germany after Kristallnacht, 10 Nov 1938, photo 1 of 4

Damage to the Uhlfelder department store in Munich, Germany after Kristallnacht, 10 Nov 1938, photo 2 of 4

Damage to the Uhlfelder department store in Munich, Germany after Kristallnacht, 10 Nov 1938, photo 3 of 4

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10 Nov 1939

The Dutch Army canceled leave and reinforced border defenses.

France

British Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Anthony Eden met with French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier and Commander-in-Chief General Maurice Gamelin in Paris, France, joined by representatives from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India.
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10 Nov 1940

British anti-submarine trawler HMS Kingston Alalite hit a mine and sank off Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, killing 6.
In northern Greece, Greek troops continued to push Italian troops back toward the Albanian border both in the coastal region as well as in the Pindus Mountains.
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British monitor HMS Terror departed Malta for Suda Bay, Crete, Greece to serve as a guard ship.
German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis, disguised as British auxiliary cruiser HMS Antenor in the darkness before dawn, closed in on Norwegian tanker Ole Jacob in the Bay of Bengal. After a tense stand-off, the Norwegian captain decided to surrender, fearing that a gunfight might ignite the cargo of 11,000 barrels of high-octane aviation fuel. Ole Jacob was captured as a prize ship and sent first to Japan and then to France, carrying a cargo of aviation fuel and the captured prisoners from Ole Jacob and Teddy. Ole Jacob's distress signal would resulted in the dispatching of Australian cruisers Canberra, Capetown, and Durban, but they would fail to catch Atlantis.
British gunboat HMS Aphis shelled Italian positions at Sidi Barrani, Egypt overnight.
The Director of the US Marine Corps Reserve formally integrated his organization into the regular US Marine Corps.

United Kingdom

The first Avro Manchester Mk. 1 bomber to be delivered went to No. 207 Squadron RAF (Squadron Leader Noel Challis Hyde) based at RAF Waddington in the county of Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
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10 Nov 1941

American warships including carrier USS Ranger began to escort a troop convoy with more than 20,000 soldiers from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada for Britain; the troop ships were US Navy ships as well.
German General Erich von Manstein launched a major assault against Sevastopol, Ukraine with 50th Infantry Division, followed by the 132nd Infantry Division on the next day. On the Soviet side, Vice Admiral F. S. Oktyabrsky (with Major General I. A. Petrov as his deputy) mobilized 52,000 men, of whom 21,000 were sailors, together with 170 guns (some were in modern steel and concrete emplacements), for the defence of Sevastopol.
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American destroyer Ericsson, escorting convoy HX 157, depth charged sound contact.
US Navy Asiatic Fleet issued orders to withdraw Yangtze River river gunboats and US Marines from China.
Operation Flipper was launched, with submarines HMS Torbay and HMS Talisman, with commandos aboard, to be delivered behind enemy lines in Libya.
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Walther von Brauchitsch suffered a heart attack.
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The Operation Perpetual convoy, escorted by battleship HMS Malaya, cruiser HMS Hermione, and seven destroyers, departed from Gibraltar. At the center of the convoy, British carriers HMS Ark Royal and HMS Argus were tasked with delivering 37 Hurricane fighters for Malta.
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British submarine HMS Proteus sank German ship Ithaka off the island of Milos, Greece.
Greek submarine Glaukos damaged German ship Norburg north of Crete, Greece.

Italy

The Italian "San Marco" naval infantry regiment formed a 3rd battalion by drawing three companies from the two existing battalions.

United States

The keel of submarine Tunny was laid down at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States.
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Franklin Roosevelt ordered protection for dams, power plants, and other important infrastructure sites. In the evening, he had dinner with Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd.
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Photo(s) dated 10 Nov 1941

Long Island, probably off Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 10 Nov 1941; note seven SOC-3A and one F2A aircraft on deck

Japanese Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu and Ambassador Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, Nov 1941

Vertical aerial photograph of Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 10 Nov 1941; note Battleship Row on top, USS Lexington at bottom, and PBY aircraft at upper right

W. N. Simons and Robert F. Cooke, honorary keel layers of submarine Tunny, posing with the sign at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 10 Nov 1941

10 Nov 1942

Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Buin, Bougainville.
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French submarine Le Tonnant attacked USS Ranger off French Morocco at 1000 hours; all four torpedoes missed, and the American counterattack was equally ineffective. On land, American troops captured the French fort of Kasbah, which led to the fall of Port Lyautey. At Casablanca, American ships sortied to respond to an attack by French sloops only to be surprised by an operational Jean Bart; aircraft from USS Ranger was launched to sink Jean Bart in shallow water by bombing.
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Allied forces in French Algeria pushed into Tunisia. In response, Axis transport aircraft were being prepared to bring in reinforcements.
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British Prime Minister Churchill said, in a speech, "[n]ow this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
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The US Marine Corps established the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Cherry Point, North Carolina, United States under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Calvin Freeman.
The US 2nd Marine Regiment, US 8th Marine Regiment, and the US Army 164th Regiment attacked unsuccessfully westward from Point Cruz toward Kokumbona on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
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As Pierre Laval visited Adolf Hitler in Germany, Hitler told the French Prime Minister that Germany intended on moving its forces into Vichy France and Tunisia; Hitler did not share the timetable and gave no indication that it was to happen soon. Laval did not protest. At 2030 hours, Hitler gave the order to launch the occupation on the following day.
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Admiral Soemu Toyoda stepped down as the commanding officer of Kure Naval District, Japan.
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Photo(s) dated 10 Nov 1942

Spitfire aircraft of US Army Air Force 4th Fighter Group, circa Nov 1942

British sailors and British and American soldiers on the beach at Algiers, mid-Nov 1942; note 40-mm Bofors gun and three trucks in background

British troops moving supplies and a motorcycle on the beaches of Algiers, Operation Torch, Nov 1942

10 Nov 1943

Soviet troops broke through German lines near Gomel, Byelorussia.
Joseph Stilwell's command in the China-Burma-India theater reported to the US War Department that railway experts and troops had been sent to India to assist in defense and operations.

Photo(s) dated 10 Nov 1943

Members of the Commonwealth War Cabinet meeting in the War Cabinet Room, 1st Floor A Block New Wing, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, Australia, 10 Nov 1943; L to R: Curtin, Sheddon, Chifley, Makin, Drakeford, and Dedman

10 Nov 1944

Hazel Lee was ordered to go to the Bell Aircraft factory at Niagara Falls, New York, United States to ferry a P-63 Kingcobra fighter to Great Falls, Montana, United States.
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Destroyer Yuzuki arrived at Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands.
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USS Croaker arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol.
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Friedrich Christiansen was named the commanding officer of the German 25th Army.
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Japanese troops captured the airfields at Guilin and Liuchow in China only to find that there were no B-29 facilities at either location. The American B-29 bases were actually further to the northwest at Chengdu in Sichuan Province.

Pacific Ocean

USS Ticonderoga reversed course and traveled for the Philippine Islands at flank speed; she was located about 800 miles east of the Philippine Islands.
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United Kingdom

British government lifted the ban on reporting rocket attacks on Britain after Prime Minister Churchill announced to the Parliament that British cities had been under rocket attack "for the last few weeks"; German V-2 rocket attacks had in fact started on 8 Sep 1944, or more than two months prior to Churchill's announcement. On the same day, a V-2 rocket hit Goulson Street in Stepney, London, England United Kingdom, killing 19, seriously injuring 97, and lightly injuring 323.

Photo(s) dated 10 Nov 1944

US President Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Vice President Henry Wallace in a car, en route from Union Station to Capitol, Washington DC, United States, 10 Nov 1944

USS Puffer off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 10 Nov 1944, photo 1 of 2

USS Puffer off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 10 Nov 1944, photo 2 of 2

10 Nov 1945

United States Secretary of War Robert Patterson ordered all cyclotrons in Japan destroyed.
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Submarine R-1 was struck from the US Naval Register.
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China

USS Saint Paul arrived at Shanghai, China.
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Historical document written: Interrogation Nav 68, Captain Mitsugo Ihara
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Photo(s) dated 10 Nov 1945

USS Saint Paul in the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, 10 Nov 1945, photo 1 of 3

USS Saint Paul in the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, 10 Nov 1945, photo 2 of 3

USS Saint Paul in the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, 10 Nov 1945, photo 3 of 3

10 Nov 1948

China

Du Yuming was assigned to the Xuzhou Anti-Communist Command based in Jiangsu Province, China.
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10 Nov 1951

Russia

Russian Prince Pyotr Dolgorukov, arrested by Soviet SMERSH in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1945, died in the prison hospital at Vladimir Prison, Vladimir, Russia.

Photo(s) dated 10 Nov 1951