Today in World War II History—October 22, 1943: Maj.-Gen. Robert Laycock becomes British Chief of Combined Operations. A German meteorological team lands in Labrador, to establish weather station “Kurt."
From Sarah Sundin's blog.
The automated weather station would operate for only a month before failing due to unknown causes. It was discovered in 1977.
Royal Navy HMS Charybdis which was lost in action on this day.
The Battle of Sept-Îles was fought near the French coast between the Royal Navy and the Kreigsmarine when British ships were ambushed in the Channel Islands area. The Royal Navy lost a cruiser and a destroyer to no German losses as a result of the action.
