Diary September 28, 1941
Second World War Diary for Sunday, September 28, 1941: Occupied Territories Czechoslovakia: Heydrich, Himmler‘s deputy, appointed Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia.
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Diary September 27, 1941
Second World War Diary for Saturday, September 27, 1941: Air War Western Europe: Blenheim bombers, escorted by Spitfire V fighters, bomb Amiens rail junction; 21 German and 13 British fighters …
Diary September 26, 1941
Second World War Diary for Friday, September 26, 1941: Home Fronts Britain – Wrekin (Shropshire) by-election: Colegate (Conservative) wins with 9,946 votes, but Pemberton-Billing (‘Bomb Berlin’ candidate) gets 7,121 votes.
Diary September 25, 1941
Second World War Diary for Thursday, September 25, 1941: Air War Operation Barbarossa: German parachute troops dropped over the Crimea.
Diary September 24, 1941
Second World War diary for Wednesday, September 24, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Marshal Budenny re-groups Russian forces to defend city of Kharkov.
Diary September 23, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, September 23, 1941: Occupied Territories France: De Gaulle forms Free French National Committee. German authorities in Paris announce that any French male assisting or hiding a British …
Diary September 22, 1941
Diary for Friday, September 22, 1941: Occupied Territories Greece: King George of Greece arrives in London.
Diary September 21, 1941
Diary for Sunday, September 21, 1941: Air War Siege of Leningrad: 60 Ju 87 Stukas make repeated attacks on Russian Baltic Fleet in Kronstadt Harbour, near Leningrad (September 21-24): battleship …
Diary September 20, 1941
Diary for Saturday, September 20, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Italian ‘human torpedo’, launched from submarine Scire, sinks a naval tanker at Gibraltar.
Diary September 19, 1941
Diary for Friday, September 19, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Kiev. Retreating Russians have carried out many demolitions and planted innumerable mines and time-bombs. Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: …
Diary September 18, 1941
Diary for Thursday, September 18, 1941: Russian Front Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad: German artillery fire seriously damages Russian battleship Petropavlovsk in Kronstadt Harbour. Sea War Mediterranean: Italian troopships Neptunia …
Diary September 17, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, September 17, 1941: Air War Eastern Front: RAF Hawker Hurricane wing in action over near Murmansk in northern Russia. Middle East Iran: Russians troops enter Teheran. Sea …
Diary September 16, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, September 16, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa – Siege of Leningrad: Transfer of Panzer divisions from Army Group North to Army Group Centre begins. Hitler declares that …
Diary September 15, 1941
Diary for Monday, September 15, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa – BATTLE OF KIEV: Panzer spearheads of Guderian (Army Group Centre) and Kleist (Army Group South) meet at Lochvitsa, east …
Diary September 14, 1941
Diary for Sunday, September 14, 1941: Secret War Finland: 3 German minesweepers sabotaged in Helsinki dockyard.