Diary November 30, 1941

11-1941, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

Russian riflemen advance into Rostov. It was the first Russian city which was temporary recaptured by the Red Army.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 30, 1941:

Eastern Front

Operation Barbarossa: Hitler vetoes withdrawal from Rostov. Rundstedt resigns; replaced as commander of Army Group South by Reichenau.

Occupied Territories

Russia: Obergruppenfuehrer Prutzmann and Einsatzkommando 2 kill 10,600 Jews and Communists in Riga.

Sea War

Merchant shipping losses in November 1941: 31 Allied ships with 85,500 tons in Atlantic, 4 Allied ship with 19,140 tons elsewhere.
21 Axis ships with 73,940 tons in Mediterranean.
3 U-boats sunk in the Atlantic, Arctic or Baltic. 80 serviceable U-boats in Atlantic.

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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.

Eastern Front

Occupied Territories

Sea War

About The Author

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