1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy.
1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire.
1945 Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London.
2003 In a "friendly fire" incident, two US A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
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