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World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
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HMT Rohna
British passenger and cargo liner; sunk in 1943 by Nazi air forces
HMT Rohna was a British India Steam Navigation Company passenger and cargo liner that was built on Tyneside in 1926 as SS Rohna and requisitioned as a troop ship in 1940. Rohna was sunk in the Mediterranean in November 1943 by a Henschel Hs 293 guided glide bomb launched by a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Luftwaffe
Branch of the German military during World War II
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the Luftstreitkräfte of the Imperial Army and the Marine-Fliegerabteilung of the Imperial Navy, had been disbanded in May 1920 in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Sea between Africa, Asia, and Europe
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Béjaïa
City and commune in Béjaïa Province, Algeria
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Algeria
Country in North Africa
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