Thursday, May 22, 1941 - Hard blow to the Royal Navy

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Luftwaffe attacks British fleet off Crete in history’s first major air-sea battle, sinking British light cruisers Gloucester (722 killed) and Fiji (257 killed), and British destroyer Greyhound (76 killed).

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The harbor at Suda Bay, Crete, where two ships, hit by German bombers, burn themselves out, May 1941
 
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