Diary November 14, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 14, 1941: Air War Mediterranean: Italian torpedo planes sink two British transports off Tunisia. Neutrals USA: Token contingents of US Marines to be withdrawn …
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Diary November 13, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 13, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: HMS ARK ROYAL TORPEDOED by U-boat U-81; despite all efforts to save her she sinks, November 14, only 40 …
Diary November 12, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 12, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: 34 of 37 Hawker Hurricane fighters flown off Ark Royal and Argus land in Malta (Operation Perpetual). Neutrals Vichy …
Diary November 11, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 11, 1941: Politics Finland: Government rejects American advice to cease hostilities.
Diary November 10, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 10, 1941: Politics Britain: Churchill says in speech that Britain and USA will form common front in event of blatant Japanese aggression against latter. …
Diary November 9, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 9, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Yalta (Crimea). Siege of Leningrad (Day 63): Germans capture Tikhvin, east of city, and sever …
Diary November 8, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 8, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: In speech at Munich, Hitler describes USSR as ‘this Mongol State’ and Stalin as a ‘second Genghis Khan‘. Red …
Diary November 7, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 7, 1941: Home Fronts Russia: Stalin reviews military parade in Moscow and predicts fall of Nazi Germany within 12 months. Air War Germany: 300 …
Diary November 6, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 6, 1941: Home Fronts Russia: STALIN’S CALL TO DEFEND ‘MOTHER RUSSIA’; demands a ‘Second Front’ in Western Europe and predicts ‘inevitable doom’ for Hitler. …
Diary November 5, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 5, 1941: Politics Japan: Government sends veteran diplomat, Saburo Kurusu, to Washington on peace mission.
Diary November 4, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 4, 1941: Neutrals USA: La Guardia elected to serve as Mayor of New York for third consecutive term.
Diary November 3, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 3, 1941: Occupied Territories Russia: Einsatzgruppe C reports to Himmler that it has shot 75,000 Jews in Russia.
Diary November 2, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 2, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Kursk.
Diary November 1, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 1, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Tula, south of Moscow. Air War Germany: 76 RAF bombers attacking Hamburg and dropping 93t …
Diary October 31, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 31, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: REUBEN JAMES INCIDENT. U-boat U-552 sinks US destroyer Reuben James (part of US escort group accompanying British convoy); 95 …