Diary May 27, 1941

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

Salvos of Rodney and King George V surrounding the burning Bismarck with water fountains.

Diary for Tuesday, May 27, 1941:

Sea War

Atlantic: BISMARCK SUNK. Damaged German battleship Bismarck fights hopeless battle against British battleships King George V and Rodney and is finally torpedoed and sunk by cruiser Dorsetshire, with loss of 2,200 lives.

North Africa

Rommel recaptures Halfaya Pass.

Home Fronts

Britain: Churchill declares, in broadcast, that American aid will help Britain to pass through ‘long, stern, scowling valley of war, to victory’.
Germany: Walther Hewel, liaison officer at Hitler’s HQ, notes in diary: ‘Bismarck sunk … Fuehrer melancholy beyond words.’

Neutrals

USA: Roosevelt proclaims national emergency; to place country on war footing.

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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.