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1864 – 1941Walther Nernst (1864-1941)Died 18 November 1941, aged 77Walther Nernst was a German physical chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics and the Nernst equation. He won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
1941Operation CrusaderBritish Eighth Army relieves TobrukThe British Eighth Army launched an offensive in the Western Desert, and after costly tank battles it relieved Tobruk. Rommel was forced back to El Agheila.