Diary April 17, 1941

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

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.

Air War

Europe: 118 RAF bombers, including Stirlings, raid Berlin (night April 17-18), minor raids on Cologne and Rotterdam. 8 bombers lost.
Britain: Night raid on Portsmouth.

Neutrals

USA: Car production to be cut for military production by 1,000,000 from August 1, 1941.

Sea War

Atlantic: Disguised German raider Atlantis sinks Egyptian liner Zamzam (8,300 t.) and captures 312 passengers, including 138 Americans.

Yugoslav Campaign losses:

	POW's	Dead	Missing	Wounded
Yugoslav military	343,712	?	?	?
Yugoslav civilian in Belgrade alone	-	17,000	-	20,000
German Wehrmacht	-	151	15	392

About The Author

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.