WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 16, 1941: Home Fronts Russia: ‘MOSCOW PANIC’. Russian Government and the Diplomatic Corps leave for Kuibyshev on the Volga (Stalin remains in the capital). […]
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 15, 1941: Occupied Territories Russia: SS mobile extermination squad, Einsatzgruppe A, reports that it has shot 125,000 Jews and 5,000 Russians. Eastern Front Operation
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 14, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Germans capture Mozhaysk, west of Moscow.
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 13, 1941: Sea War Baltic: Russian submarine Shch-323 attacks German light cruiser Koeln and 7 merchant ships (October 13-November 5), but sinks only one
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 12, 1941: Sea War North Sea: German E-boats sink 2 ships in convoy off Cromer, England.
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 11, 1941: Home Fronts Russia: Mass evacuation of women and children from Moscow; thousands of workers and students dig anti-tank ditches in outskirts.
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 10, 1941: Sea War Black Sea: Rumanian minelayer Regele Carol I sinks in Russian minefield.
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 9, 1941: Neutrals Panama: President Arias overthrown in bloodless coup.
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Second World War Diary for Wednesday, October 8, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Germans capture Orel, southwest of Moscow.
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Second World War Diary for Tuesday, October 7, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa, BATTLE OF VYAZMA. Panzers break through ‘Vyazma Defence Line’. 6 Russian armies encircled (ends October 14). Home
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Second World War Diary for Monday, October 6, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: BATTLE OF BRYANSK. Guderian‘s Panzers capture Bryansk southwest of Moscow and link up with 2nd Army (October
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Second World War Diary for Sunday, October 5, 1941: Air War North Africa: RAF night raid on Tripoli. Occupied Terrtories France: Germans blow up six Paris synagogues. Neutrals Vichy France:
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Great War Diary for Wednesday, October 4, 1941: Air War North Africa: RAF night raid on Benghazi.
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Second World War Diary for Friday, October 3, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: Hitler claims in Berlin speech that ‘this enemy (Russia) has already been broken and will never rise again
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Second World War Diary for Thursday, October 2, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa – Operation Taifun: Main German armies committed to drive on Moscow. Hitler issues Order of the Day:
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