12-1941

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 10, 1941: Sea War Pacific: HMS PRINCE OF WALES AND REPULSE SUNK 322 KM NORTHEAST OF SINGAPORE by 88 Japanese bombers and torpedo planes

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 9, 1941: Eastern Front Siege of Leningrad: Russian troops restore railway supply line to Lake Ladoga by the recapturing of Tikhwin. Politics China: Nationalist

WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 8, 1941: China Battle of Hong Kong: Japanese 38 Infantry Division supported by heavy artillery and aircraft, attacks 12,000-strong British-Canadian-Indian garrison. Pacific Philippines: Japanese

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 7, 1941: Sea War Pacific: JAPAN ATTACKS PEARL HARBOR. 350 dive bombers, torpedo planes and Zero fighters in 2 waves from 6 carriers attack

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 6, 1941: Eastern Front Russian counter-offensive in Moscow sector gathers momentum: 10 armies now engaged on 322-km front, including many Siberian units and 1,000

WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 5, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: SURPRISE RUSSIAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE IN MOSCOW SECTOR. 4 armies attack north of city. Coincidentally, Guderian has already decided to

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 4, 1941: Occupied Territories Poland: General Sikorski, Prime Minister of Polish Government-in-Exile, broadcasts to Russian people from Moscow.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 3, 1941: Sea War Baltic: Transport J Stalin (7,500t), evacuating Russian troops besieged at Hango since June, wrecked by 4 mines, approx. 2,000 killed;

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 2, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German infantry detachment reaches Khimki tram station, 19 km from centre of Moscow, but is repulsed by Russian

WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 1, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German 4th Army with Guderian‘s and Hoepner‘s Panzer Armies make final attempt to envelop and capture Moscow. Sea