
Mediterranean
Italy: Leghorn captured by 5th US Army.
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’.
Diary for Tuesday, August 19, 1941: Sea War Atlantic:British expedition to Spitzbergen from August 19 to September 3. Norwegian and Russian mining communities evacuated and…

