Diary WW2

Diary for Monday, August 4, 1941: Air War South African Air Force bombs Gondar – last Italian stronghold in East Africa (and also on August 4, 5 and 6).

Diary for Sunday, August 3, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: Focke-Wulf Condor shot down in mid-ocean by Hawker Hurricane catapulted from converted CAM ship SS Maplin (‘Catafighters’ destroy 4 more Fw

Diary for Saturday, August 2, 1941: Neutrals USA: Rayon rationed (imported mainly from Japan).

Diary for Friday, August 1, 1941: Politics Britain: Government breaks off diplomatic relations with Finland.

Diary for Thursday, July 31, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: THE ‘FINAL SOLUTION’ ORDER. Goering, on Hitler‘s instructions, orders Heydrich to make ‘all necessary preparations … for bringing about the complete

Diary for Wednesday, July 30, 1941: Sea War Polar Sea: British carriers Victorious and Furious raid Petsamo (Finland) and Kirkenes (Norway). 13 of 29 aircraft from Victorious are shot down

Diary for Tuesday, July 29, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: General Ludwig von Schroeder, former head of civil defence and president of 13,000,000-strong ‘Air Raid Protection League’, dies of injuries received

Diary for Monday, July 28, 1941: Air War Mediterranean: RAF destroy 36 aircraft during raids on airfields in Sicily. General Federigi, CO Italian Regia Aeronautica in Central Mediterranean, reported killed

Diary for Sunday, July 27, 1941: Air War Britain: Night raid on London by 50 aircraft (4 lost).

Diary for Saturday, July 26, 1941: Occupied Countries France: Marx Dormoy, former Minister of Interior and outspoken critic of Vichy Government, killed by terrorist bomb; aged 51. Politics Japan: All

Diary for Friday, July 25, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Attempted night raid on shipping in Grand Harbour, Malta, by Italian explosive boats and ‘human torpedoes’.

Diary for Thursday, July 24, 1941: Air War France: 149 RAF bombers attack Brest, Cherbourg and La Pallice where battlecruiser Scharnhorst is damaged.

Diary for Wednesday, July 23, 1941: Far East Indo-China: Vichy French permit Japanese to establish naval and air bases in south Indo-China.

Diary for Tuesday, July 22, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German spearheads halt for rest and recuperation near lake Ilmen, south of Leningrad. Sea War Atlantic: German battlecruiser Scharnhorst transferred

Diary for Monday, July 21, 1941: Air War Operation Barbarossa: MOSCOW ‘BLITZ’ commences with raid by 127 aircraft (night July 21-22), led by He 111 pathfinders of KGr.100 and KGr.26.

Diary for Sunday, July 20, 1941: Home Fronts Russia: Stalin becomes People’s Commissar for Defence.

Diary for Saturday, July 19, 1941: Occupied countries Europe: ‘Colonel Britton’ initiates the ‘V for Victory’ campaign in midnight broadcast on the BBC: he calls on all the oppressed peoples

Diary for Friday, July 18, 1941: Politics RUSSO-CZECH AGREEMENT: Czech Government in London and government of Russia to exchange ambassadors. Czech National Army in Exile to be formed in USSR.

Diary for Thursday, July 17, 1941: Neutrals Spain: General Franco makes speech condemning US refusal to sell urgently needed supplies of wheat to Spain and declaring that the Wehrmacht is

Diary for Wednesday, July 16, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Stalin‘s son, Lieutenant Jacob Dzhugashvili, captured by German soldiers. Sea War Baltic: Russian battleship Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya and cruiser Kirov, with