85 Planes vs 2 Warships

This month it’s World of Warships 8th Birthday! With live streams, in-game events and giveaways, the fun won’t stop this September. Download on any platform and join the celebration today! In December 1941 Winston Churchill received a phone call telling him that the HMS Prince of Wales and the HMS Repulse had both been sunk by the Japanese by aircraft. He said “In all the war I never received a more direct shock. The reader of these pages will realise how many efforts, hopes, and plans foundered with these two ships. As I turned over and twisted in bed the full horror of the news sank in upon me. There were no British or American capital ships in the Indian Ocean or the Pacific except the American survivors of Pearl Harbour, who were hastening back to California. Over all this vast expanse of waters Japan was supreme, and we everywhere were weak and naked.” The HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales were British Royal Navy warships that were sunk on December 10,