Diary May 4, 1941
Diary for Sunday, May 4, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: Hitler speaks to members of Reichstag in Kroll Opera House, Berlin: he claims that by withdrawing troops from North Africa to […]
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Diary for Sunday, May 4, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: Hitler speaks to members of Reichstag in Kroll Opera House, Berlin: he claims that by withdrawing troops from North Africa to […]
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Diary for Saturday, May 3, 1941: East Africa Battle of Amba Alagi (ends May 19): Italian forces make their last important stand in mountains of Northern Ethiopia, prisoners including the
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Diary for Friday, May 2, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: British destroyer Jersey mined and sunk in entrance to Valletta Harbour, Malta. Middle East Iraqi artillery shells Habbaniyah base. Home Front
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Diary for Thursday, May 1, 1941: Air War Britain – First of 8 consecutive night raids on Liverpool: 1,450 killed, 1,100 seriously injured, 76,000 homeless. 33 ships sunk or damaged;
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Diary for Wednesday, April 30, 1941: Balkan Last British troops have left or surrender on the Peloponnesos, Greece. Air War Europe: RAF attack shipping off Dutch coast. Heavy night raid
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Diary for Tuesday, April 29, 1941: Middle East Iraqi forces surround British base at Habbaniyah and sabotage oil pipelines.
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Diary for Monday, April 28, 1941: Air War Malta bombed. Neutrals USA: Lindbergh resigns his commission as Colonel in USAAC Reserve, following severe condemnation of his April 23 speech by
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Diary for Sunday, April 27, 1941: Balkans Germans enter Athens.
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Diary for Saturday, April 26, 1941: Air War German paratroops capture Corinth.
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Diary for Friday, April 25, 1941: North Africa Rommel captures vital Halfaya Pass, on Egypt-Libya border. Sea War Atlantic: Roosevelt announces that ‘neutrality patrols‘ by US Navy are to be
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Diary for Thursday, April 24, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean – Evacuation of British and Commonwealth troops from Greece (Operation Demon): 51,000 troops transported to Crete and Egypt (April 24-29). German
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Diary for Wednesday, April 23, 1941: Neutrals USA: Charles Lindbergh addresses 30,000 people attending ‘America First’ rally in New York: he condemns Britain for having ‘encouraged the smaller nations of
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Diary for Tuesday, April 22, 1941: Balkans LAST GREEK ARMY IN THRACE CAPITULATES. British forces begin to fall back. Politics Soviet protest to Germany over violations of Russian airspace by
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Diary for Monday, April 21, 1941: Air War Balkans: German bombers and Ju 87 Stukas sink old Greek battleship Kilkis, 10 other warships and 43 merchant ships in Greek coastal
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Diary for Sunday, April 20, 1916: Balkans GREEK ARMY IN ALBANIA SURRENDERS to SS Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. Home Fronts India: Nearly 400 casualties in rioting between Sikhs and Moslems
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