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Events on Sunday 12 November 1944 1
1944Tirpitz sunkRAF Lancasters destroy Germany's last great battleshipRAF Lancaster bombers hit the battleship Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs at her anchorage near Tromsø. She capsized, killing around 1,000 crew members. Her presence in Norway had tied down Allied naval forces for years.