Diary July 19, 1941

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

'V for Victory' — ‘V for Victory’ became very popular in the Anglo-American armies, here in Tunis in 1943.

Diary for Saturday, July 19, 1941:

Occupied countries

Europe: ‘Colonel Britton’ initiates the ‘V for Victory’ campaign in midnight broadcast on the BBC: he calls on all the oppressed peoples of Europe to join resistance movements, and declares: ‘In a few minutes there will be millions of new ‘Vs’ on walls and doors and pavements all over Europe.’

Neutrals

Bolivia: State of siege declared following discovery of pro-Axis conspiracy. German Minister Herr Wendler declared persona non grata.

Politics

German-Swiss Trade Agreement.

Home Fronts

Britain – Government appointments: Brendan Bracken, Minister of Information; R. A. Butler, President of Board of Education; Lord Hankey, Paymaster-General; Duncan Sandys, Financial Secretary to War Office.

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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.