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OPM Head for Bill – 2-3
Truce Halts Strike on New Haven Paper – 3
Russians Up 36,300 Feet Claim a Balloon Record – 3
The International Situation – 4
Dictators to Meet in Germany Today to Map New Moves – 5
Bombs and Shells Thrown on Tobruk – 6
Stuka Units Bomb Malta Base Again – 6
Housewife’s View of British Rations – 7
Chinese Communist Sees Friction Ended – 7
City to Ward Off ‘Invasion’ by Air – 8-9
President’s Wife Honored by Austrian Group (photo) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 11

News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions * – 12
A Strategic Map of the War in Europe – 13
War’s Climactic Phase May Come in the Spring – 14-15
Lease-Lend Bill Holds Majority in Congress – 15-16

* Find the answers to the questions in the thread for this coming Saturday, January 22.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/jan41/f19jan41.htm

British attack Italian Eritrea

Sunday, January 19, 1941 www.onwar.com

In East Africa... The British forces in the Sudan begin their offensive against the Italians in Eritrea. The British force is led by General Platt and includes 4th and 5th Indian Divisions and units of the Sudan Defense Force. The Italian troops in the various border positions amount to 17,000 men and are led by General Frusci. There is the equivalent of four more divisions in the interior of the country. Kassala is taken immediately.

In Germany... Hitler and Mussolini meet at the Berghof (January 19-20). Mussolini is unwilling to accept German help in Albania but is prepared to accept some aid in Africa. Hiter says that he will attack Greece if it seems that Britain is going to come in.

In the Mediterranean... In further aerial attacks, slight damage is done to Illustrious.