09-1941

Second World War Diary for Tuesday, September 30, 1941: Occupied Territories Russia – BABI YAR MASSACRES: 33,771 Jews killed by SS and Ukrainians outside Kiev (September 29-30). Eastern Front Operation

Second World War Diary for Monday, September 29, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops enter Donets Basin (Donbas) industrial region, source of over 60 per cent of Russian coal

Second World War Diary for Sunday, September 28, 1941: Occupied Territories Czechoslovakia: Heydrich, Himmler‘s deputy, appointed Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia.

Second World War Diary for Saturday, September 27, 1941: Air War Western Europe: Blenheim bombers, escorted by Spitfire V fighters, bomb Amiens rail junction; 21 German and 13 British fighters

Second World War Diary for Friday, September 26, 1941: Home Fronts Britain – Wrekin (Shropshire) by-election: Colegate (Conservative) wins with 9,946 votes, but Pemberton-Billing (‘Bomb Berlin’ candidate) gets 7,121 votes.

Second World War Diary for Thursday, September 25, 1941: Air War Operation Barbarossa: German parachute troops dropped over the Crimea.

Second World War diary for Wednesday, September 24, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Marshal Budenny re-groups Russian forces to defend city of Kharkov.

Diary for Tuesday, September 23, 1941: Occupied Territories France: De Gaulle forms Free French National Committee. German authorities in Paris announce that any French male assisting or hiding a British

Diary for Friday, September 22, 1941: Occupied Territories Greece: King George of Greece arrives in London.