22 Dec 1940
- Italian submarine Serpente attacked Allied convoy MG1 24 miles east of Cape Bon, Tunisia in the Strait of Sicily at 0156 hours as the convoy attempted to sail from Malta to Gibraltar. Destroyer HMS Hyperion was damaged, killing 2 and wounding 14. HMS Ilex took off the survivors, and then HMS Janus scuttled Hyperion before sunrise. ww2dbase [CPC]
- 270 Luftwaffe bombers attacked Manchester, England, United Kingdom, dropping 272 tons of high explosive bombs and 1,032 incendiary bombs; the Piccadilly area was engulfed in large fires, while the Gibsons shelter at the Hulme Town Hall collapsed without any deaths. During the same night, Liverpool was bombed for the third night in a row. ww2dbase [Battle of Britain | CPC]
- Winston Churchill replaced Anthony Eden with Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury David Margesson (later Viscount Margesson) as the Secretary of State for War in the British Cabinet. ww2dbase [AC]
- Himarë, Albania was captured by the Greek army. ww2dbase [Balkans Campaign | Himarë | CPC]
- Seeadler completed laying mines in the English Channel. ww2dbase [Seeadler | English Channel | CPC]
- Comandante Cappellini departed Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Aquitaine, France at 1630 hours, starting her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Aquitaine | CPC]
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