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RAF Fighter pilots support Red Army
12th September 1941: RAF Hurricanes fly their first operation from Vaenga airfield, ten miles from Murmansk
6 hrs ago
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Surviving the 'Holocaust by Bullets'
11th September 1941: One mother’s extraordinary account of the process of mass murder, which she miraculously survived
Sep 11
17
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First U-Boat sunk by Canadian Navy
10th September 1941: When a U-Boat captain panics at night in the Atlantic, HMCS Moose Jaw and Chambly in join the chase
Sep 10
7
Leningrad besieged
9th September 1941: On the first day of the siege the food supplies are destroyed
Sep 9
5
The Germans approach Leningrad
8th September 1941: German 88s halt Soviet counter-attack with heavy tanks
Sep 8
9
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RAF attack German supply lines
7th September 1941: A routine raid - but one man's life is upended when he becomes a POW
Sep 7
6
The Third Reich in 100 Objects
'A material history of Nazi Germany' provides many fascinating examples of life under the Nazis
Sep 6
15
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Red Army attack on German lines
6th September 1941: The Germans are on the defensive in some parts of the Eastern Front - Hans Roth describes being in the forward trench
Sep 6
13
Churchill to Stalin - No ‘Second Front’
5th September 1941: The Soviet Ambassador to Britain, Ivan Maisky, meets Churchill to be told that Britain is in no position to open a 'second front’
Sep 5
14
USS Greer attacks U-boat in Atlantic
4th September 1941: Roosevelt warns Germany that the US Navy will shoot back - ‘There will be no shooting unless Germany continues to seek it’
Sep 4
16
Britain prepares for invasion
3rd September 1941: A critical eye is passed over Britain's Army at home
Sep 3
8
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An uncomfortable German home front
2nd September 1941: One dissenter's secret diary on the reality of war
Sep 2
5
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