11-1941

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

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

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 11, 1941: Politics Finland: Government rejects American advice to cease hostilities.

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.

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

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

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

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.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 5, 1941: Politics Japan: Government sends veteran diplomat, Saburo Kurusu, to Washington on peace mission.