Diary May 18, 1941

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

Battleship Bismarck pictured from the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen at the beginning of Operation Rheinuebung.

Diary for Sunday, May 18, 1941:

Sea War

Operation Rheinübung (‘Rhine Crossing’): Battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen leave Gdynia (Baltic) to attack Atlantic convoys.

Occupied countries

Yugoslavia – Croat delegation arrives in Rome to offer Crown to Duke of Spoleto: he is subsequently proclaimed King Tomislav II of Croatia, but returns to Italy after a short visit to his new ‘kingdom’ (relinquished throne in 1943).

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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.

Sea War

Occupied countries

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