Diary April 16, 1941

04-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

The Tower Bridge in heavy smoke, shrouded by the fires in East End district .

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 bombs and mines, causing widespread damage and many fires. The attack was a reprisal for RAF raid on Berlin on April 9.

Sea War

Mediterranean: Italian convoy of 5 transports with 3 destroyers annihilated by 4 British destroyers off Cape Bon (Tunisia); HMS Mohawk lost.

Balkans

Germans capture Sarajevo.

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Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

Air War

Sea War

Balkans

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