Diary April 15, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, April 15, 1941: North Africa Rommel’s Afrika Korps drives into Egypt, capturing Sollum and moving through Halfaya Pass. Air War Britain: Heavy night raid on Belfast, North …
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Diary April 14, 1941
Diary for Monday, April 14, 1941: Politics King Farouk of Egypt sends a secret message to Hitler, via Egyptian Minister in Iran, expressing hope that Germany will ‘soon liberate Egypt …
Diary April 13, 1941
Diary for Sunday, April 13, 1941: North Africa FIRST SIEGE OF TOBRUK begins (until December 17, 1941): Australian 9th Divison (General Morshead) repels Rommel’s Panzers (April 14, 17, 19 and …
Diary April 12, 1941
Diary for Saturday, April 12, 1941: Balkans Germans enter Belgrade. North Africa Rommel captures Bardia.
Diary April 11, 1941
Diary for Friday, April 11, 1941: Balkans Italian and Hungarian forces invade Yugoslavia.
Diary April 10, 1941
Diary for Thursday, April 10, 1941: Balkans Germans capture Zagreb and Monastir. Pavelich and Kvaternik, leaders of Croat freedom organization, the Ustachi, proclaim the separation kingdom of Yugoslavia. Occupied countries …
Diary April 9, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, April 9, 1941: Air War Europe: RAF night raid on Berlin; State Opera House gutted by fire. (Hitler furious ! ) Balkans Germans enter Salonika. Politics Yugoslav …
Diary April 8, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, April 8, 1941: East Africa British and Free French troops capture port of Massawa. Air War Britain: Second ‘Blitz’ on Coventry. 230 aircraft drop 330 t. of …
Diary April 7, 1941
Diary for Monday, April 7, 1941: Balkans Germans capture Skopje, southern Yugoslavia. North Africa Rommel captures Derna and two important British Generals (Neame and O’Connor). Home Fronts Britain: Government Budget …
Diary April 6, 1941
Diary for Sunday, April 6, 1941: Balkans GERMAN INVASION OF YUGOSLAVIA AND GREECE: Germans employ 15 divisions (with 5 Panzer divisions) and 800 aircraft. Yugoslav Government flees from Belgrade to …
Diary April 5, 1941
Diary for Saturday, April 5, 1941: North Africa Rommel captures Barce, east of Benghazi. East Africa South African and Commonwealth troops capture Addis Ababa, capital of Italian East Africa. Politics …
Diary April 4, 1941
Diary for Friday, April 4, 1941: North Africa Rommel captures Benghazi. Sea War Atlantic: Disguised German raider Thor sinks armed merchant cruiser Voltaire (13,300 t.). Politics Japanese Foreign Minister, Matsuoka, …
Diary April 3, 1941
Diary for Thursday, April 3, 1941: Politics Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with Hungary. German diplomats leave Belgrade.
Diary April 2, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, April 2, 1941: Air War Maiden flight of Heinkel He 280 – world’s first experimental jet fighter – at Rostock, Germany. Blenheim bombers attack shipping off Dutch …
Diary April 1, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, April 1, 1941: Sea War Tankers San Conrado and Hidlefjord bombed and sunk by He 111 bombers in Bristol channel. East Africa British capture Asmara (Eritrea). Occupied …
