[Homer_J_Simpson]

5 Nazis in Ankara – 2
The International Situation – 3
Nazis Say British Took Prisoners, Sank Ships in Landing Off Norway – 3
Churchill Talks with Tokyo Envoy – 4
Japanese Request Clear Vichy Reply – 4
British Daylight Saving to Be 2 Hours in Summer – 4
Nazis Again Pound Wide British Area – 5
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 6-7

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/mar41/f05mar41.htm

British troops leave for Greece

Wednesday, March 5, 1941 www.onwar.com

In the Mediterranean... Operation Lustre begins. British troops are convoyed from Alexandria in Egypt to Greece. (By April 2nd, a total of 58,000 troops are deployed.) Italian submarines carry out unsuccessful patrols along the convoy routes.

From London... The British government severs diplomatic relations with Bulgaria.

In Vienna... Hermann Goring meets with Romanian dictator, General Antonescu, to secure the participation of Romania in Operation Barbarossa.

In the Balkans... Italian prisoners, captured by Greek forces in Albania, report that 1500 Alpini troops were drowned in the sinking of the transport ship Liguria and that Allied bombing raids have caused heavy casualties and significant confusion behind Italian lines.

[Rufii]

Japanese Request Clear Vichy Reply – 4

Vietnam is in the news, probably for the first time in years. Something tells me that it's going to be in the news for a long time.