Diary March 30, 1941

03-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

British bombs are exploding close to the German capital ships in the harbour of Brest during a daylight raid in 1941.

Diary for Sunday, March 30, 1941:

Air and Sea War

Blockade of Brest: 109 RAF bombers attack Gneisenau and Scharnhorst (night March 30-31) in first of 63 raids on the battlecruisers by bombers and torpedo planes during 1941.

Neutrals

USA: 65 Axis ships seized in US ports.
Yugoslavia: All German and Italian nationals have now left Belgrade.

Secret War

Churchill learns that, following Yugoslav signature of Axis Pact, 3 Panzer divisions have been railed from Rumania to Southern Poland – indicating firm intention to invade USSR – then returned to Balkans after Yugoslav revolution – indicating punitive expedition against Belgrade.

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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.

Air and Sea War

Neutrals

Secret War

About The Author

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