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Second World War tweets from 1941

@realtimewwii

I livetweet the Second World War as it happened on this date in 1941, & for four years to come. Third time's the charm.
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With Luftwaffe busy attacking the USSR, Royal Air Force are making hay with "Circus raids"- daylight bombing military targets in occupied France & Germany.

With Luftwaffe busy attacking the USSR, Royal Air Force are making hay with "Circus raids"- daylight bombing military targets in occupied France & Germany.
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Greece is facing starvation after 2 months of German occupation; fishing boats have been commandeered by Wehrmacht & British blockade has cut off food imports.

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Some Wehrmacht commanders condemn wild killing of Soviet prisoners: "It's bad for our men's discipline & will endanger them once Russians find out."

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Red Army prisoners are treated abominably by Nazis, with Communist political officers, Jews, & many others killed on sight; one German soldier boasts: "We take very few prisoners, & shoot them all instead."

Red Army prisoners are treated abominably by Nazis, with Communist political officers, Jews, & many others killed on sight; one German soldier boasts: "We take very few prisoners, & shoot them all instead."
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German military intelligence reports that, of 164 Red Army divisions detected on or near the Eastern front at start of invasion, 89 have now been totally destroyed.

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American troops are landing on Iceland. US forces are taking over military occupation of the island from British & Canadian soldiers stationed there, "to protect against Nazi invasion".

American troops are landing on Iceland. US forces are taking over military occupation of the island from British & Canadian soldiers stationed there, "to protect against Nazi invasion".
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President Roosevelt declares Iceland- now under US Army occupation- part of the American "security zone" in the Atlantic, under protection of the US Navy. Any German intervention in Iceland will be an act of war.

President Roosevelt declares Iceland- now under US Army occupation- part of the American "security zone" in the Atlantic, under protection of the US Navy. Any German intervention in Iceland will be an act of war.