Operation Goodwood was a series of air raids launched from aircraft carriers of the British Home Fleet against the German battleship Tirpitz in Kaafjord, Norway. It was the Royal Navy's last attack on Tirpitz, which posed a significant threat to the Allied convoys travelling to the Soviet Union. The Fleet departed its base on 18 August 1944 and first launched air raids against Kaafjord on the morning and evening of 22 August. Further attacks were made on 24 and 29 August. All of these attacks failed, and only two bombs struck Tirpitz. German forces suffered the loss of 12 aircraft and damage to 7 other ships. The British lost 17 aircraft and a frigate. HMS Nabob, an escort carrier, was also badly damaged. Historians attribute Operation Goodwood's failure to shortcomings of the Fleet Air Arm's aircraft and armament. The mission to sink Tirpitz was subsequently transferred to the Royal Air Force..
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1639:
The East India Company bought a small strip of land on what is today Chennai, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, from the King of the Vijayanagara Empire, Peda Venkata Raya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai
1851:
The yacht America won the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns race, later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1851_America%27s_Cup
1944:
World War II: Wehrmacht infantry carried out an assault operation against the civilian residents of nine villages located in the Amari Valley on the Greek island of Crete. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_of_Kedros
2012:
A series of ethnic clashes between the Orma and Pokomo tribes of Kenya's Tana River District resulted in the deaths of at least 52 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Tana_River_District_clashes
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
lorry: 1. (road transport, Britain) A motor vehicle for transporting goods, and in some cases people; a truck. 2. (dated) A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations. 3. (dated) A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish. 4. (obsolete) A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled wagon without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lorry
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Why have you been so blind? Why have you never seen? The slave and master in one skin Is all your history, no more, no less, Confess! This is what you've been. --Ray Bradbury https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ray_Bradbury
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