04-1941

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 […]

Diary for Tuesday, April 29, 1941: Middle East Iraqi forces surround British base at Habbaniyah and sabotage oil pipelines.

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

Diary for Sunday, April 27, 1941: Balkans Germans enter Athens.

Diary for Saturday, April 26, 1941: Air War German paratroops capture Corinth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Diary for Saturday, April 19, 1941: Air War Britain: Massive night raids on London. 712 sorties; 1,180 t. bombs; 2 aircraft lost. Total casualties (April 16-17 and 19-20): 2,300 killed,

Diary for Friday, April 18, 1941: Air War Germany: First flight of Me 262 fighter, powered by Junkers piston engine (the specified pair of jet engines cannot be installed until

Diary for Monday, April 17, 1941: Balkans YUGOSLAV ARMY CAPITULATES: Generals Bodi (Yugoslav) and Weichs (German) sign armistice in Belgrade. King Peter escapes from Kotor in RAF Sunderland flying boat.

Diary for Wednesday, April 16, 1941: Air War Britain: Massive night raids on London. Approx. 300 bombers (6 lost) make 2-3 sorties each (total sorties 685), dropping over 1,000t of