11-1941

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.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 4, 1941: Neutrals USA: La Guardia elected to serve as Mayor of New York for third consecutive term.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 3, 1941: Occupied Territories Russia: Einsatzgruppe C reports to Himmler that it has shot 75,000 Jews in Russia.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 2, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Kursk.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 1, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Tula, south of Moscow. Air War Germany: 76 RAF bombers attacking Hamburg and dropping 93t