Diary October 31, 1940

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

The Greek Orthodox Bishop of Canea (Crete) blesses British troops. In front is a Bren Gun carrier.

Diary for Thursday, October 31, 1940:

Balkans

British forces land on Crete.

Air War

BATTLE OF BRITAIN ENDS (Day 114). Luftwaffe loses 116 fighter-bombers and escort fighters during raids on London and southeast England in October 1940. RAF loses 190 fighters.
Raids on Coventry (August 18 – October 31): 198 t of bombs dropped in 17 raids; 176 killed, 229 seriously injured.

BATTLE OF BRITAIN LOSSES:

(Totals, July 10 - October 31):	Luftwaffe	RAF
aircrafts	1,733 planes	828 planes
air crews	3,893 men	1,007 men

Sea War

Merchant shipping losses in October 1940: 99 Allied ships with 418,254 tons in Atlantic, 4 Allied ship with 24,721 tons elsewhere.
6 Axis ships with 19,968 tons in Mediterranean.
1 U-boat 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.

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