Diary March 16, 1940

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

The fully glazed nose section view of a He 111 during the attack on ships on the Scottish east coast.

Diary for Saturday, March 16, 1940:

Air War

German air raid on Scapa Flow by 32 bombers (2 lost). Cruiser Norfolk damaged; 7 naval and 8 civilian casualties, including James Isbister, first British civilian killed by enemy air action in WW2.

Neutrals

Argentina: Government deports crew of Admiral Graf Spee into the interior and forbids them to wear their uniforms.

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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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