Diary August 25, 1941

08-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

Russian troops are crossing the border into Iran.

Diary for Monday, August 25, 1941:

Middle East

ANGLO-RUSSIAN INVASION OF IRAN begins (with 2 British and 3 Russian divisions).

Russian Front

Operation Barbarossa: Germans capture Dnepropetrovsk, south of Kiev; Guderian advances on latter city from the north. Germans capture Novgorod.

Sea War

Operation Countenance: British forces land at Abadan, Khorramshahr and Bandar Shapur; naval forces sink 2 Iranian gunboats and capture 7 Axis merchant ships.

Politics

Germany: Mussolini confers with Hitler at Rastenburg (East Prussia) at HQ known as Wolfsschanze (‘Wolfs Lair‘) – both leaders then tour together the Ukraine. Mussolini confesses to Hitler that he cannot rely on loyalty of Italian Army.

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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.