Air Operations, Europe
There is an RAF night raid on Berlin. The State Opera House is gutted by fire.
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]Battle of the Atlantic
- U-107 sinks the British steamer Harpathian (4671t) southeast of the Azores with the loss of 4 crewmen. 39 survivors land in the Canary Islands. The u-boat next sinks the British tanker Duffield (8516t) west-southwest of Madeira with the loss of 25 of her crew. 28 survivors land in the Canary Islands.
- U-98 sinks the Dutch steamer Prins Willem II (1304t), straggling behind Convoy HX-117, southwest of Iceland with the loss of 3 of her crew. 22 survivors are picked up by the Swedish steamer Klipparen and the British steamer Tuscan Star.
- German air attacks sink the British steamer Dudley Rose (1600t) about 4 miles south Berry Head. The entire crew is rescued. Another casualty of the bombing is the Norwegian tanker Buesten (5187t) with the loss of 28 on board.
| ]The Blitz
Birmingham is the subject of a heavy raid. 235 bombers of Luftflotte II drop 280 tons of high explosives and 40,000 incendiaries. The center of the city suffers greatly. Huge fires burn in the Bull Ring, High Street, New Street and Dale End as well as at the Midland Arcade. Firefighting is impeded by low water pressure as a result of damage to the mains. Other districts affected in this raid include Small Heath, Aston and Nechells. Many houses, churches and public buildings are destroyed.
[ | ]Diplomatic Relations
The Yugoslav Government issues a protest 'to all civilized nations' against the indiscriminate German bombing of Belgrade. This 'open and undefended city was bombed without a declaration of war....Never...were such cruelties committed, even by the most primitive invaders'.
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German Raiders
The British steamer Craftsman (8022t) is sunk by the German raider Kormoran in the middle of the Atlantic. 6 of the crew are lost, 43 are taken prisoner.
[ | ]Greece
The resistance of the Greek forces in the Metaxas Line has been weakened on the 8th and now collapses. Thessaloniki is taken by the 2nd Pzr Div. Defending this area is the Greek 2nd Army under Gen Konstantinos Bakopoulos. He is forced to surrender with the authority of the supreme command. 70,000 men are taken prisoner. Other German units have taken Monastir in Yugoslavia and are moving south through the Monastir Gap. It will not be possible to hold a strong attack here, although Wilson has strengthened the defending force and it will, therefore, be necessary to withdraw from some of the Aliakmon positions. This is discussed with Papagos and he concurs.
[ | ]Yugoslavia
The German 2nd Army joins the attack on Yugoslavia. 2 corps move south over the Austrian border, quickly taking Maribor. The third corps, XLVI Pzr, is based in Hungary and begins to seize crossings over the Drava. The 2 corps from von Kleist's force which began the attack on Yugoslavia have now moved through the southern part of the country and into Greece.
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