Diary March 11, 1940

War Diary, 03-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

British Bristol Blenheim bomber over a burning ship.

Diary for Monday, March 11, 1940:

Sea War

German U-boat U-31 is bombed and sunk by RAF Blenheim bomber in Schillig Roads, northwest Germany. She is subsequently raised, recommissioned, and again sunk by destroyer HMS Antelope on November 2, 1940, northwest of Ireland.
French battleship Bretagne and cruiser Algerie sail from Toulon for Canada with large gold shipment (2,379 bars).

Home Fronts

Britain: Meat rationing begins: 1s 10d (9 pence) worth of meat per person per week.

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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.

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