Diary November 30, 1940

11-1940, War Diary, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

Italian heavy guns 149/35 under artillery fire in Albania, after the invasion of Greece failed.

Diary for Saturday, November 30, 1940:

Balkans

Greeks capture Progradets in northeast Albania, after nine-day battle until December 9.

Air War

First of two consecutive night raids on Southampton – by 128 and 123 bombers, respectively – serious damage in city centre and suburbs. Total casualties: 370.

Home Fronts

Greece: Civilian air raid casualties since October 28: 604 killed, 1,070 injured.

Politics

‘Treaty’ between Japan and puppet ‘Central Government of China’.

Sea War

Merchant shipping losses in November 1940: 86 Allied ships with 294,054 tons in Atlantic, 11 Allied ship with 91,661 tons elsewhere.
4 Axis ships with 16,938 tons in Mediterranean.
2 U-boats sunk in the Atlantic, Arctic or Baltic. 27 serviceable U-boats in Atlantic.

About The Author

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.