Diary September 8, 1941

09-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading / By Kretaner

For many days the petrol tanks in front of Leningrad are burning after hit by German aircrafts.

Diary for Monday, September 8, 1941:

Russian Front

Operation Barbarossa, SIEGE OF LENINGRAD (Day 1): Panzers of German Army Group North reach shore of Lake Ladoga, east of the city; Finns control Karelian Isthmus to the north and west. Finns capture Lodenoe Pole, on Leningrad-Murmansk railway. City’s central food store destroyed in air raid.
Russians recapture Yelna, near Smolensk.

Air War

Germany: RAF night raid on Kassel, centre of German locomotive and armoured vehicle production.

Home Front

Russia: 600,000 Volga Germans to be deported to Siberia.

Sea War

Baltic: Russian submarines commence regular supply missions to besieged garrison of Hango (3 lost, September – November).

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.