Timeline Wednesday 10 December 1941

Wednesday 10 December 1941

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Events on Wednesday 10 December 1941 1

1941 Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse Japanese aircraft sink two British capital ships Japanese land-based bombers sank the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Repulse off the coast of Malaya. It was the first time capital ships under way at sea had been sunk by air power alone.