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What Italian port was attacked on December 2, 1943?

Over 100 German Junkers Ju-88 bombers of Luftflotte 2, achieving complete surprise, bombed shipping and personnel operating in support of the Allied Italian campaign, sinking 27 cargo and transport ships and a schooner in the harbor.

At first, the Allied High Command tried to conceal the disaster, in case the Germans believed that the Allies were preparing to use chemical weapons, which might provoke them into preemptive use, but there were too many witnesses to keep the secret, and in February the U.S. Chiefs of Staff issued a statement admitting to the accident and emphasising that the U.S. had no intention of using chemical weapons except in the case of retaliation.

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

1. I do have a World In Flames Counter
2. I did not survive World War II

3. im a ship
4 I was sunk in a famous action, but never left port

5. I was sunk by torpedoes

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

1. I do have a World In Flames Counter
2. I did not survive World War II

3. im a ship
4 I was sunk in a famous action, but never left port

5. I was sunk by torpedoes

Never left port? Not even for trial runs? Interesting...

ORIGINAL: Centuur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur



3. im a ship
4 I was sunk in a famous action, but never left port

5. I was sunk by torpedoes

Never left port? Not even for trial runs? Interesting...

Warspite1

I assume that refers to the battle e.g. Taranto, Pearl Harbor etc as opposed to the ship never leaving port - but I might be wrong...

If she never left port at all, that must mean she was attacked on the slipway or in the fitting out basin. Can't readily think of any in the latter camp.

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

1. I do have a World In Flames Counter
2. I did not survive World War II

3. im a ship
4 I was sunk in a famous action, but never left port

Battleship HMS Royal Oak

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur

1. I do have a World In Flames Counter
2. I did not survive World War II

3. im a ship
4 I was sunk in a famous action, but never left port

5. I was sunk by torpedoes

Conte di Cavour?

the right answer

is Royal Oak

Okay, lets try and make this a little more tricky:

Which Ship Am I?

1. I do have a counter in WIF.

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Okay, lets try and make this a little more tricky:

Which Ship Am I?

1. I do have a counter in WIF.

HMS Gotland?

Extraneous's question's answer is Bari, Italy. That raid did hit an Allied ship loaded with chemical weapons, causing many military and civilian casualties. These were compounded by the secrecy surrounding everything - basic precautions like taking off exposed clothing weren't used, for example. The whole incident was hushed up to a huge degree, with some details only coming out decades later.

I just read a new history of the Allied campaign in Italy that devotes several pages to this incident. Rick Atkinson's "The Day of Battle"

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Okay, lets try and make this a little more tricky:

Which Ship Am I?

1. I do have a counter in WIF.

Warspite1

Not the Gotland Orm.

1. I do have a counter in WIF
2. I did not survive the Second World War

95% of the Japanese counters?

ORIGINAL: brian brian

95% of the Japanese counters?

it to high.

remember all the counters there were never build

right then. I'll refine my guess to the Task Force marker that says "Combined Fleet" on it.

ORIGINAL: Extraneous

What Italian port was attacked on December 2, 1943?

Over 100 German Junkers Ju-88 bombers of Luftflotte 2, achieving complete surprise, bombed shipping and personnel operating in support of the Allied Italian campaign, sinking 27 cargo and transport ships and a schooner in the harbor.

At first, the Allied High Command tried to conceal the disaster, in case the Germans believed that the Allies were preparing to use chemical weapons, which might provoke them into preemptive use, but there were too many witnesses to keep the secret, and in February the U.S. Chiefs of Staff issued a statement admitting to the accident and emphasising that the U.S. had no intention of using chemical weapons except in the case of retaliation.

The port is on the MWiF map.



Fire on ammunition ships John Harvey and bomb hits on John L. Motley caused massive detonations, which shattered windows seven miles away. A bulk gasoline pipeline and supply were severed and the gushing fuel ignited engulfing other ships.

In total, 800 crew and civilians lost their lives in the fire, explosions and poisoning by mustard gas that was on board John Harvey.

Allied Merchant Ships Lost

John Harvey (US Liberty) (7,177 tons)
John L. Motley (US Liberty) (7,176 tons)
John Bascom (US Liberty) (7,176 tons)
Joseph Wheeler (US Liberty) (7,176 tons)
Samuel J. Tilden (US Liberty) (7,176 tons)
Fort Athabasca (Canadian) (7,132 tons)
Fort Lajoie (Canadian) (7,134 tons)
Testbank (British) (5,083 tons)
Lars Kruse (British) (1,897 tons)
Devon Coast (British) (646 tons)
Bollsta (Norwegian) (1,832 tons)
Norlom (Norwegian) (6,412 tons)
Lom (Norwegian) (1,268 tons)
Lwow (Polish) (1,409 tons)
Puck (Polish) (1,065 tons)
Frosinone (Italian) (5,202 tons)
Barletta (Italian) (1,975 tons)

See post 2730

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Okay, lets try and make this a little more tricky:

Which Ship Am I?

1. I do have a counter in WIF.

Warspite1

Not the Gotland Orm.

1. I do have a counter in WIF
2. I did not survive the Second World War

Warspite1

1. I do have a counter in WIF
2. I did not survive the Second World War
3. I was sunk by the Americans

ORIGINAL: warspite1

See post 2730

Seams I need to take a break thats the second entry I've missed [X(]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Okay, lets try and make this a little more tricky:

Which Ship Am I?

1. I do have a counter in WIF.

Warspite1

Not the Gotland Orm.

1. I do have a counter in WIF
2. I did not survive the Second World War

Warspite1

1. I do have a counter in WIF
2. I did not survive the Second World War
3. I was sunk by the Americans

Warspite1

1. I do have a counter in WIF
2. I did not survive the Second World War
3. I was sunk by the Americans
4. I am not Japanese.....or German

1. I do have a counter in WIF
2. I did not survive the Second World War
3. I was sunk by the Americans
4. I am not Japanese.....or German
5. I'm a cruiser. Oh, and I am not Italian either