09-1941

Diary for Wednesday, September 10, 1941: Sea War Pacific: New Zealand naval forces renamed ‘Royal New Zealand Navy’.

Diary for Tuesday, September 9, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad: Finns halt on northern outskirts of Leningrad (Finnish CinC having refused German demands to assist in the

Diary for Monday, September 8, 1941: Russian Front Operation Barbarossa, SIEGE OF LENINGRAD (Day 1): Panzers of German Army Group North reach shore of Lake Ladoga, east of the city;

Diary for Sunday, September 7, 1941: Sea War Baltic: Russian battleship Marat – trapped at Leningrad – bombards German forces attempting to encircle city. Bombardment supplemented by sister ship Oktyabrskaya

Diary for Saturday, September 6, 1941: Russian Front Leningrad encircled. Germans capture Schlusselburg, 40 km east of Leningrad, at junction of river Neva and lake Ladoga. Home Fronts Hungary: General

Diary for Friday, September 5, 1941: Air War Norway: RAF B-17 Flying Fortresses attack pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer in Oslo Fjord (further abortive raid September 8).

Diary for Thursday, September 4, 1941: Air War Germany: Russian night raid on Berlin (1 aircraft lost); 30 killed, 72 injured. Sea War Atlantic: Greer Incident. US destroyer/a> Greer attacked

Diary for Tuesday, September 2, 1941: Home Front Italy: Fascist newspaper Il Popolo d’Italia reports that Hitler and Mussolini propose to unify Continent and foster ‘harmonious co-operation of all European

Diary for Monday, September 1, 1941: Russian Front Operation Barbarossa: Leningrad comes under long-range artillery fire.