05-1941

Diary for Sunday, May 11, 1941: Balkans Germans complete occupation of Aegean Islands.

Diary for Wednesday, May 10, 1941: Politics HESS FLIES TO BRITAIN: Rudolf Hess, the Deputy Führer of Germany, makes unauthorized solo flight in Me 110 fighter from Augsburg (South Germany)

Diary for Friday, May 9, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: German U-boat U-110, commanded by the ‘ace’ Lt.-Cdr. Lemp, depth-charged by British corvette Aubretia. Crew abandons ship and destroyer HMS Bulldog

Diary for Thursday, May 8, 1941: Air War RAF night raids on Germany by 359 aircraft: main targets, Hamburg and Bremen. British radio counter-measures and decoy fires (code-named ‘Starfish’) foil

Diary for Wednesday, May 7, 1941: North Africa Exchanges of artillery fire along Tobruk front. Air War Britain – First of two consecutive night raids on Hull: 40,000 homeless, food

Diary for Tuesday, May 6, 1941: Middle East British raise Iraqi siege of Habbaniyah.

Diary for Monday, May 5, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean – ‘Tobruk Ferry‘: first of many night supply missions by British and Australian destroyers from Alexandria. East Africa Emperor Haile Selassie

Diary for Sunday, May 4, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: Hitler speaks to members of Reichstag in Kroll Opera House, Berlin: he claims that by withdrawing troops from North Africa to

Diary for Saturday, May 3, 1941: East Africa Battle of Amba Alagi (ends May 19): Italian forces make their last important stand in mountains of Northern Ethiopia, prisoners including the

Diary for Friday, May 2, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: British destroyer Jersey mined and sunk in entrance to Valletta Harbour, Malta. Middle East Iraqi artillery shells Habbaniyah base. Home Front

Diary for Thursday, May 1, 1941: Air War Britain – First of 8 consecutive night raids on Liverpool: 1,450 killed, 1,100 seriously injured, 76,000 homeless. 33 ships sunk or damaged;