Diary April 5, 1941

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

Armored cars of the Afrika Korps during the rapid German advance through Libya.

Diary for Saturday, April 5, 1941:

North Africa

Rommel captures Barce, east of Benghazi.

East Africa

South African and Commonwealth troops capture Addis Ababa, capital of Italian East Africa.

Politics

Yugoslav-Soviet Friendship and Non-Aggression Pact.

Home Fronts

Britain: Death of Sir Nigel Gresley, designer of the Flying Scotsman express and the record-setting 126 mph (200 km/h) ‘Mallard’ Pacific locomotive, aged 64.

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.