Diary April 30, 1941

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

captured British soldier Greece — German tank moves forward behind one of the 9,000 captured British soldiers of the rear guard on the Peloponnesos.

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 on Kiel; light raid on Berlin.

North Africa

Rommel’s attack on Tobruk: German and Italian forces make renewed efforts to capture Tobruk; sizeable salient driven into southwest corner of perimeter by May 4.

Sea War

Merchant shipping losses in April 1941: 88 Allied ships with 381,289 tons in the Atlantic, 107 Allied ships with 306,512 tons elsewhere.
32 Axis ships with 152,129 tons in Mediterranean.
2 U-boats sunk in the Atlantic, Arctic or Baltic. 32 serviceable U-boats in the Atlantic.

British and German Campaign losses in Greece:

	Killed	Missing	Wounded	PoWs	Planes
British Army	900	1,612	1,200	9,000	209
German Wehrmacht	1,518	-	3,360	-	?

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.