Year 1941

Diary for Friday, March 14, 1941: Air War Britain: Night raids on Glasgow and Sheffield.

Diary for Thursday, March 13, 1941: Air War Britain: Devastating night raids on Glasgow and Clydeside (March 13-14 and 14-15); 35,000 homeless in Clydebank (total population 47,000). 460 killed, 750

Diary for Wednesday, March 12, 1941: Air War Germany – RAF raid on Berlin: first of 10 heavy raids during 1941. Halifax four-engined bombers participate in night raid on Hamburg.

Diary for Tuesday, March 11, 1941: Neutrals ROOSEVELT SIGNS LEASE-LEND BILL: USA now able to supply all Britain’s arms requirements. see also: Lease-Lend-tanks and aircrafts for Russia 1941-1945 Politics Thai-Vichy

Diary for Monday, March 10, 1941: Air War Europe: Handley Page Halifax four-engined bombers attack Le Havre (night March 10-11). Britain: Heavy night raid on Portsmouth (repeated March 10-11). Occupied

Diary for Sunday, March 9, 1941: Balkans Major Italian counter-offensive (spring offensive) launched in Albania. Greeks repel all attacks and inflict heavy casualties on Giulia Division, but are weakened themselves

Diary for Saturday, March 8, 1941: Air War Britain: Night raids on London; Cafe de Paris hit (34 killed, 60 injured).

Diary for Friday, March 7, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: U-boat ‘ace’ Cdr. Gunther Prien, the ‘Bull of Scapa Flow‘, dies; his U-47 is sunk by HMS Wolverine while attacking Convoy

Diary for Thursday, March 6, 1941: Balkans Greeks launch successful counter-attacks in central sector of Albanian front, capturing several vital mountain crags and taking 1,000 Italian prisoners. RAF and Greek

Diary for Wednesday, March 5, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean – Operation Lustre: 58,000 British troops convoyed from Alexandria (Egypt) to Greece (March 5 – April 2). Italian submarines carry out

Diary for Tuesday, March 4, 1941: Occupied countries Norway: British-Norwegian raid on Lofoten Islands (Operation Claymore). British commandos and Norwegian marines destroy 6 fish-oil plants (connected with explosives production), capture

Diary for Monday, March 3, 1941: Air War Italians bomb earthquake-stricken town of Larissa. RAF Hurricanes destroy 5 Cant bombers (probably returning from Larissa) over Corfu. Politics Russia denounces Bulgarian

Diary for Sunday, March 2, 1941: North Africa Tripoli propaganda military parade of the Afrika Korps. Air War BOAC begin regular, clandestine, night flights between Northern Scotland and Stockholm, using

Diary for Saturday, March 1, 1941: Politics BULGARIA JOINS THE AXIS. German troops enter Sofia. see also: Bulgarian Armed Forces Air War Europe: 100 RAF bombers raid Cologne (night March

Diary for Friday, February 28, 1941: Air War The Blitz in February 1941: 789 dead and 1,068 seriously wounded British civilian casualties. Blenheim bombers and single-engined Wellesleys bomb Asmara (Eritrea).

Diary for Thursday, February 27, 1941: Sea War Italian armed merchant raider Ramb I (3,700 t.) catches fire and blows up during engagement with RNZN cruiser Leander off the Maldives.

Diary for Wednesday, February 26, 1941: Air War 60 German bombers and Ju 87 Stukas (7 lost) with fighter escort, raid airfields on Malta, destroying or damaging 13 Wellington bombers

Diary for Tuesday, February 25, 1941: Sea War Italian fast cruiser Armando Diaz sunk by British sub Upright in Mediterranean. Escort destroyer Exmoor sunk by German E-boat off Lowestoft. East

Diary for Monday, February 24, 1941: North Africa First skirmish between British and Afrika Korps patrols on coast road west of El Agheila. Vichy France Admiral Darlan forms Cabinet. Air

Diary for Sunday, February 23, 1941: Home Fronts Italy: Mussolini speaks at Fascist rally in Adriano Theatre, Rome: ‘We shall fight to the last drop of our blood.’ He attempts