Diary November 9, 1940

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

Chamberlain and Munich agreement — This excerpt from an British photomontage from 1938 summarizes the Munich agreement. Chamberlain announced as British Premier: ‘peace for our time’.

Diary for Saturday, November 9, 1940:

Home Fronts

Britain: Death of Neville Chamberlain, aged 71. (Funeral in Westminster Abbey, November 14).

Sea War

Liner Empress of Japan (26,000 t) attacked in Atlantic by a Focke-Wulf Condor (she reaches port). German aircraft now laying acoustic mines (actuated by noise from ships’ propellers) along British south and west coasts (countermeasures involve the use of modified pneumatic drills !).

Neutrals

Rumania: Earthquake rocks Bucharest and Ploesti oilfields; 400 dead.

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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.

Home Fronts

Sea War

Neutrals

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