November 10
Politics, Italy
General Ubaldo Soddu replaces General Sabasiano Visconti-Prasca as the Italian commander-in-chief in Albania.

November 11-12
Sea War, Mediterranean
At the Battle of Taranto British torpedo aircraft from the carrier Illustrious destroy three Italian battleships and damage two vessels during the raid on the Italian base. Illustrious loses only two aircraft. When the fleet leaves for Naples and Genoa, three British cruisers sink four vessels in the Strait of Otranto. This air attack on a fleet in harbor is closely studied by other navies, especially the Japanese.

November 14-22
Balkans, greece
Greece launches a major counter-attack and 3400 British troops, plus air support, arrive from Alexandria, Egypt. When Greek forces finally enter Koritza they capture 2000 Italians and drive almost all the invaders back into Albania by December.

A German reconnaissance photograph of Coventry,
the English city devastated by an air attack
in November 1940

November 14
Air War, Britain
Germany sends 449 bombers to bomb the city of Coventry. The raid kills 500 civilians, leaves thousands homeless, and shocks the British public.

November 18
Technology, Britain
British 'Air-to-Surface-Vessel' radar fitted to a Sunderland flying boat locates its first U-boat during a patrol in the Atlantic.

November 20
Politics, Hungary
Hungary joins the Axis powers. Since the Italian invasion of Greece, the Germans have been attempting to secure their food and oil supplies from the Balkans by pressing the countries of the region to join the Tripartite Pact.

November 23
Politics, Romania
Prime Minister General Ion Antonescu leads Romania into the Axis alliance.

November 26
Final Solution, Poland
The Nazis begin creating a ghetto in Warsaw for the Jews, who will eventually be kept there in intolerable conditions.

November 30
Politics, Japan
Japan officially recognizes the puppet government of President Wang Ching-wei in China.