END OF LEASE-LEND BILL IN JUNE, 1943, VOTED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE MAJORITY (1/30/41)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, McHenry Library, U.C. Santa Cruz | 1/30/41 | Harold B. Hinton, Robert P. Post, C.L. Sulzberger, A.C. Sedgwick, C. Brooks Peters, Hugh Byas

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread

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Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
North Africa, 1940: Graziani’s Advance and Wavell’s Offensive, 13 September 1940-7 February 1941 (Map 34a)
Marcks’ Plan, August 5, 1940
Operation Barbarossa (Dir. 21), December 18, 1940
The Mediterranean Basin (Map 33)
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

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Four Amendments – 2-3
St. Johns Cheers Our Troop Landing – 3
4,350,000 Medical Tags Ordered for Army; Extra Identification in the Casualty Cases – 3
Collision of Planes Kills Two in Jersey – 3
The International Situation – 4
Air Torpedo Seen as Vital Weapon – 4
February Invasion of Britain by Nazis Forecast in Vichy – 5
Gen. Metaxas Dies; Greeks Keep Policy – 6
Metaxas Credited for Greeks’ Gains – 7
Italy’s Hopes Rise with Metaxas Dead – 7
Greek Positions Taken, Rome Says – 7
Hitler Talk Today May Score Aid Bill – 8
Japan Would Keep U.S. Out of the War – 8-9
Propaganda in Cuba is Barred by Decree – 9
Armistice Talks Begun at Saigon – 9
Shanghai Americans Stirred by Japanese – 10
Ian Hay Quits War Office; Succeeded by Col. Elliot – 10
British Air Fighters (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 11
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 12

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/jan41/f30jan41.htm

British 8th Army advancing

Thursday, January 30, 1941 www.onwar.com

North Africa... Derna is taken by the 19th Australian Brigade.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2665667%2C4

January 30th, 1941

UNITED KINGDOM: Destroyer HMS Goathland laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)

GERMANY: Berlin: Convinced that 1941 will be “the crucial year of the great New Order in Europe”, Hitler threatens to blow up US aid ships bound for Britain.

U-175, U-217 laid down.
U-555 commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

GREECE: General Metaxas is succeeded as Minister President by Alexander Koryzis, a civilian and a much less strong character.

LIBYA: Derna: For the first time in this desert war, British and Australian troops of the 19th Brigade, found themselves facing a major counter-attack as Italian troops covered the evacuation of civilians - most of them Italian settlers - and the bulk of the garrison from this once-thriving seaport town.

Eight days after their successful attack on Tobruk, armour and infantry found the defenders making the best use of the rugged, hilly countryside, their artillery directing heavy and accurate fire with 20mm guns mounted on lorries. The Italian air force, which has not been seen for several days, joined in the attack, dive-bombing and machine-gunning British positions. As they forced the Italians back to an escarpment, the British faced two more desert foes - blinding sandstorms and thirst as water supplies, carried over 100 miles of desert, began to run out.

Derna has an ample supply of good “sweet” water - and perhaps that was one major incentive for the infantry and tanks to make the final assault on the escarpment and literally run down the other side into the town where the few remaining Italian troops waited with their hands up in surrender.

As the bulk of the Allied forces moves westwards across Cyrenaica, the strength of the resistance here suggests a tough fight at Benghazi, the ultimate objective.

EGYPT: Cairo: British Headquarters in Egypt announce:

The Italian occupation of Derna in Libya ended in Thursday morning.

ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-94 sank SS Rushpool in Convoy SC-19. (Dave Shirlaw)

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http://worldwar2daybyday.blogspot.com/

Day 518 January 30, 1941

Operation Compass. Australian 6th Division enters the town of Derna unopposed.

At 3.10 AM, U-94 concludes the attack on convoy SC-19 sinking British SS (all 40 crew picked up by destroyer HMS Antelope). 6 ships (total of 33,723 tons) have been sunk in less than 24 hours.

30 miles North of Zavia, Libya, British submarine HMS Upholder unsuccessfully attacks Italian steamers Motia & Delfin and is counter-attacked by convoy escort torpedo boat Aldebaran.