Year 1941

WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 12, 1941: Politics Rumania: Government declares war on USA. Air War Germany: 43 RAF bombers attacking Cologne and dropping 58t of bombs.

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

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 30, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Hitler vetoes withdrawal from Rostov. Rundstedt resigns; replaced as commander of Army Group South by Reichenau. Occupied Territories

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 29, 1941: North Africa Operation Crusader: Rommel counter-attacks; heavy fighting develops between Tobruk and Sidi Rezegh.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 28, 1941: North Africa Operation Crusader: General von Ravenstein, Commander of 21st Panzer division, captured when Bren gunner shoots up his staff car.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 27, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German offensive stalls only 30 km from Moscow. East Africa Ethiopia: 20,000 Italian troops surrender at Gondar. Liberation

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 25, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Battleship Barham sunk by U-boat U-331 off Bardia (862 killed in magazine explosion). Sea War Pacific: US Navy orders

WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 24, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Solnechaya Gora, 48 km northwest of Moscow. Sea War Atlantic: Cruiser HMS Dunedin sunk by

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 23, 1941: Home Fronts Britain: Death of P.C. Wren, author of ‘Beau Geste’, aged 56.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 22, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: General Moelders, fighter ace (115 victories), killed in air accident near Breslau (Silesia); aged 30. Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: