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Events on Thursday 2 December 1943 1
1943Air raid on BariGerman bombers sink ships in an Allied harbour, releasing mustard gasGerman aircraft attacked the crowded harbour at Bari in southern Italy and sank 28 ships. One of them, the SS John Harvey, was secretly carrying mustard gas bombs. The gas was released, and many sailors and civilians were poisoned.