World War II - Sinking the German battleship Bismarck
Time: Tuesday May 27, 1941 at 01:40:00 PM
Place: Atlantic Ocean, west of Brest, France
Details: The British Home Fleet scored a significant victory on 27 May 1941 by sinking the German battleship Bismarck.
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On This Day - 27 May
Byzantine Empire-Death of Simeon I
Tuesday May 27, 927 - Preslav, Bulgaria
Muhammad Ali of Egypt-Egyptian force eventually captured Acre
Sunday May 27, 1832 - Acre
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt-Ibrahim Pasha took Acre
Sunday May 27, 1832 - Acre, Israel
Unification of Italy-Garibaldi's force laid siege to the Porta Termini of Palermo
Sunday May 27, 1860 - Palermo
1905 Russian Revolution-Russian Baltic Fleet was defeated
Saturday May 27, 1905 - Tsushima, Japan (Then China)
May 1941
Josip Broz Tito-Calling on the people to unite in a battle against the occupation
Thursday May 1, 1941 - Yugoslavia
World War II-Anglo–Iraqi War
Friday May 2, 1941 - Iraq
Joseph Stalin-Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Tuesday May 6, 1941 - Soviet Union (Present-Day Russia)
Stan Lee-Debut as a text filler
May, 1941 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Martin Bormann-Hess flew Solo to Britain
Saturday May 10, 1941 - United Kingdom
1941
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Chinese Civil War-The situation came to a head in late 1940 and early 1941 when clashes between Communist and KMT forces intensified
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Ho Chi Minh-Returning to Vietnam
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Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Protecting his workers
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