Diary February 28, 1941
Diary for Friday, February 28, 1941: Air War The Blitz in February 1941: 789 dead and 1,068 seriously wounded British civilian casualties. Blenheim bombers and single-engined Wellesleys bomb Asmara (Eritrea). …
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Diary February 27, 1941
Diary for Thursday, February 27, 1941: Sea War Italian armed merchant raider Ramb I (3,700 t.) catches fire and blows up during engagement with RNZN cruiser Leander off the Maldives. …
Diary February 26, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, February 26, 1941: Air War 60 German bombers and Ju 87 Stukas (7 lost) with fighter escort, raid airfields on Malta, destroying or damaging 13 Wellington bombers …
Diary February 25, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, February 25, 1941: Sea War Italian fast cruiser Armando Diaz sunk by British sub Upright in Mediterranean. Escort destroyer Exmoor sunk by German E-boat off Lowestoft. East …
Diary February 24, 1941
Diary for Monday, February 24, 1941: North Africa First skirmish between British and Afrika Korps patrols on coast road west of El Agheila. Vichy France Admiral Darlan forms Cabinet. Air …
Diary February 23, 1941
Diary for Sunday, February 23, 1941: Home Fronts Italy: Mussolini speaks at Fascist rally in Adriano Theatre, Rome: ‘We shall fight to the last drop of our blood.’ He attempts …
Diary February 22, 1941
Diary for Saturday, February 22, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: German battle cruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst scatter convoy east of Newfoundland and sink 5 ships. Air War Ju 87 Stukas cripple …
Diary February 21, 1941
Diary for Friday, February 21, 1941: Home Fronts Canada: Sir Frederick Banting, discoverer of insulin treatment for diabetics and Nobel Prize winner, killed in air crash whilst flying to England; …
Diary February 20, 1941
Diary for Thursday, February 20, 1941: East Africa South Africans cross river Juba in Italian-Somaliland.
Diary February 19, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, February 19, 1941: Air War Britain: First of 3 consecutive night raids on Swansea.
Diary February 18, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, February 18, 1941: Politics Amicable settlement of Anglo-Swiss dispute over British bombing raids on Basle and Zürich in December, 1940.
Diary February 17, 1941
Diary for Monday, February 17, 1941: Politics Japan offers its services as mediator to end all current wars and blames Britain and USA for prolongation of European War.
Diary February 16, 1941
Diary for Sunday, February 16, 1941: Air War South African aircraft dive-bomb Italian positions on East bank of river Juba, in Southern Italian Somaliland.
Diary February 15, 1941
Diary for Saturday, February 15, 1941: Neutrals USA: Roosevelt sends James B. Conant, President of Harvard University, to Britain to exchange views on war technology. Air War Home-based RAF aircraft …
Diary February 14, 1941
Diary for Friday, February 14, 1941: North Africa Advanced elements of German Afrika Korps arrive at Tripoli. Politics Britain severs diplomatic relations with Rumania.
