Air Operations, Europe
118 RAF bombers, including Stirlings, make their heaviest bombing raids so far on Berlin during the night. There are minor raids on Cologne and Rotterdam. 8 bombers are lost.
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]Battle of the Atlantic
- In a sortie by a German motor torpedo boat flotilla against Convoy FS-464 off Great Yarmouth the British steamer Effra (1446t) and the Dutch steamer Nereus (1298t) are sunk. 2 crewmen are lost on the British ship.
- U-123 sinks the British steamer Venezuela (6991t) south-southwest of Rockall with the loss of all 49 of her crew.
| ]The Blitz
There is a night raid on Portsmouth. In the 5-hour raid 250 aircraft drop 346 tons of high explosives and 46,000 incendiaries. The raid is begun by units of KG53 of Luftflotte II. They are followed by units armed with large parachute mines. Luftflotte III follows led by KG26 and 94 aircraft of other units. The dockyard is hit and electricity supplies fail temporarily. Many buildings and houses in the city are destroyed especially from the blast effects of the 200 mines that are dropped. Anti-aircraft fire accounts for 2 Ju-88's.
[ | ]German Raiders
The disguised German raider Atlantis sinks the Egyptian liner Zamzam (8,300t) in the South Atlantic and captures 312 passengers of which 138 are American.
German Raider Atlantis |
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| ]Greece
The Italian 9th Army advances in the Epirus.
[ | ]Italian East Africa
In their march to the north Gen Cunningham's troops reach the area of Dessie, an important center northeast of Addis Ababa. The Italians strengthen their redoubt at Amba Alagi.
[ | ]Mediterranean
- Royal Navy units bombard the old Italian fortress of Fort Capuzzo in Libya.
- The Greek steamer Damaskini (1196t) is sunk in a German air attack in Oreos Channel north of Euboea Island.
| ]Yugoslavia
On the Dalmatian coast the Italians enter Dubrovnik. The Yugoslav army is virtually destroyed. The last centers of resistance, in Bosnia, surrender. The former prime minister, Cincar-Markovic (deposed March 27), and Gen Jankovic and/or Gen Bodi for Yugoslavia, Gen von Weichs for Germany and Col Bonfatti for Italy, sign the act of surrender in Belgrade. The Axis forces have taken 334,000 prisoners. In the course of overrunning the country the Germans have lost less than 200 dead.
General Simovitch: Enough Was Enough |
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Surrender of Yugoslav Soldiers |
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The Yugoslav government-in-exile is formed in London.
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