Diary May 16, 1941

05-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

Diary for Friday, May 16, 1941:

North Africa

Rommel receives orders from Berlin to concentrate Afrika Korps against British at Sollum, leaving Italians to guard Tobruk siege ring.

Air War

Britain: NIGHT ‘BLITZ’ ON BRITISH CITIES ENDS with raid by 111 aircraft on Birmingham and West Midlands; RAF airfields also bombed (3 German aircraft lost).
German fighter-bombers raid Southeast England.
Germany: RAF night raid on Cologne (fires on both banks of Rhine); targets in France and Holland also raided (2 aircraft lost).
Middle East: He 111 planes bomb Habbaniyah (Iraq) causing serious damage.

Neutrals

Bolivia: Government takes over German-owned airline Lloyd Aero Boliviano.

Occupied countries

Denmark: Icelandic Parliament (Althing) issues formal declaration of independence from Denmark. Regent is appointed on June 17.

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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.