Diary July 11, 1941

07-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

Diary for Friday, July 11, 1941:

Eastern Front

Operation Barbarossa: Panzers cross river Dnieper. Army Group South beats off major Russian counter-attack and threatens city of Kiev.
Three new Russian front-line commanders: Voroshilov in North, Timoshenko in centre and Budenny in South.

Sea War

Mediterranean: Destroyer HMS Defender bombed by German aircraft during supply mission from Alexandria to Tobruk (night July 11-12).

Air War

North Africa: German night raid on Port Said and Ismailia.

Secret War

William J. Donovan appointed US ‘Co-ordinator of Defense Information’ in Washington.

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.