Diary February 9, 1941

02-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

A British tank passes destroyed Italian planes.

Diary for Sunday, February 9, 1941:

North Africa

Wavell‘s forces reach El Agheila, 160 miles southwest of Benghazi.

Sea War

Mediterranean – Bombardment of Genoa: Battleships HMS Renown, Malaya and heavy cruiser Sheffield fire 300 t. of shells, inflicting heavy damage on merchant shipping and the city, with many casualties. Italian Fleet and shore batteries taken by surprise and further confused by thick mist and mis-identification of Vichy French convoy.
Atlantic: Focke-Wulf Condors sink 5 ships in large convoy off Azores.

Home Fronts

Britain: Churchill tells Americans in a broadcast speech: ‘Give us the tools and we will finish the job’.

Neutrals

Vichy France: Vichy Foreign Minister Flandin resigns; ADMIRAL DARLAN APPOINTED VICE-PREMIER.

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.