Diary WW2

Diary for Sunday, September 14, 1941: Secret War Finland: 3 German minesweepers sabotaged in Helsinki dockyard.

Diary for Saturday, September 13, 1941: Neutrals Japan: Japanese Combined Fleet completes rigorous 4-day exercise in North Pacific.

Diary for Friday, September 12, 1941: Russian Front Russians withdraw from Chernigov, key town mid-way between Kiev and Gomel. First snow reported on Eastern Front.

Diary for Thursday, September 11, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad: General Zhukov replaces Voroshilov as Leningrad Defence Commander – he immediately rouses the dispirited garrison to greater

Diary for Wednesday, September 10, 1941: Sea War Pacific: New Zealand naval forces renamed ‘Royal New Zealand Navy’.

Diary for Tuesday, September 9, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad: Finns halt on northern outskirts of Leningrad (Finnish CinC having refused German demands to assist in the

Diary for Monday, September 8, 1941: Russian Front Operation Barbarossa, SIEGE OF LENINGRAD (Day 1): Panzers of German Army Group North reach shore of Lake Ladoga, east of the city;

Diary for Sunday, September 7, 1941: Sea War Baltic: Russian battleship Marat – trapped at Leningrad – bombards German forces attempting to encircle city. Bombardment supplemented by sister ship Oktyabrskaya

Diary for Saturday, September 6, 1941: Russian Front Leningrad encircled. Germans capture Schlusselburg, 40 km east of Leningrad, at junction of river Neva and lake Ladoga. Home Fronts Hungary: General

Diary for Friday, September 5, 1941: Air War Norway: RAF B-17 Flying Fortresses attack pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer in Oslo Fjord (further abortive raid September 8).

Diary for Thursday, September 4, 1941: Air War Germany: Russian night raid on Berlin (1 aircraft lost); 30 killed, 72 injured. Sea War Atlantic: Greer Incident. US destroyer/a> Greer attacked

Diary for Wednesday, September 3, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Russians counter-attack in Smolensk sector.

Diary for Tuesday, September 2, 1941: Home Front Italy: Fascist newspaper Il Popolo d’Italia reports that Hitler and Mussolini propose to unify Continent and foster ‘harmonious co-operation of all European

Diary for Monday, September 1, 1941: Russian Front Operation Barbarossa: Leningrad comes under long-range artillery fire.

Diary for Sunday, August 31, 1941: Middle East Iran: British and Russian forces meet at Kazvin. Sea War Merchant shipping losses in August 1941: 36 Allied ships with 103,452 tons

Diary for Saturday, August 30, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Russians launch unsuccessful counter-offensive against Guderian‘s Panzers north of Kiev (ends September 2). Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: Serbian puppet government formed,

Diary for Friday, August 29, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Finns recapture Viipuri (lost in Winter War 1939-40). Middle East Iran: Cease fire with Allies.

Diary for Thursday, August 28, 1941: Home Fronts Australia: Prime Minister Menzies resigns; Fadden takes over.

Diary for Wednesday, August 27, 1941: Russian Front Operation Barbarossa: Retreating Russian forces sabotage great Zaporozhe Dam (Dnepropetrovsk Dam) over river Dnieper. Germans capture Tallinn, capital of Estonia. Besieged Russian

Diary for Tuesday, August 26, 1941: Politics Japan: Government protests to Russia about passage of American war supplies through Vladivostok.