
Eastern Front
Southern Sector: Korets (Rovno sector) taken by Russians.
Diary for Saturday, August 16, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: 8 U-boats Type VII and 3 Italian submarines make repeated, but unsuccessful, attempts to attack Convoy…
Diary for Sunday, August 17, 1941: Politics Britain: Churchill visits Iceland.
Diary for Monday, August 18, 1941: Home Fronts Britain: National Fire Service formed. 1,400 local fire brigades, amalgamated into 33 ‘fire forces’.

