[Homer_J_Simpson]

Germans Drive On – 2-3
The International Situation – 4
28 Nazi Fliers Tunnel to Liberty in Canada; 11 Recaptured Near Ontario Prison Camp – 4
Nazis Fly In Low – 5
Allied Line Bends Under Heavy Blow – 6
Axis Desert Army is Attacked Again – 7
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 8-9
Sir Edward Peacock on Visit to Windsor – 9
67% Against Giving Naval Aid to Britain, Gallup Survey Finds – 9

News of the Week in Review
Outstanding Events in a Crucial Week (map) – 10
Twenty News Questions – 11
Germany Makes Gains in First Spring Moves – 12-13
Britons in a Grimmer Mood – 14
War’s Lengthening Shadow Falls Across Continents and Seas (map) – 15
Desert Fights for Britain in the Defense of Egypt – 16-17
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 17

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/apr41/f20apr41.htm

Greeks forced to surrender

Sunday, April 20, 1941 www.onwar.com

In the Balkans... Allied forces still active have all passed through the Thermopylae position. The Greek forces in Epirus that have been fighting the Albanian campaign are forced to surrender to the SS Leibstandart Adolf Hitler Division.

East Africa... The 1st South African Brigade is fighting Italians in defensive positions south of Dessie.

[PeterPrinciple]

From the 20 news questions:

10: The British Empire has about fifty fully equipped army divisions. does Germany have about (a) seventy-five; (b) 150; (c) 250 divisions?

answer 250 divisions;

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For you thinkers, How many divisions were needed in Americas original war plan and how many did we actually form?

Another question. How many men were in a division?

Third question. Did Germany really have 250 divisions? I don’t think so but am willing to be corrected.

Fourth Question. What is the definition of a division?

[Lancey Howard]

Wow.. That is a very interesting story about George gallup’s polling results of “men and women in every corner of the United States”. The resistance to committing troops to foreign wars was apparently far stronger then than it is now.

Also, the front page once again has a few stories (tough on my eyes, but I make out most of the words) about the unions/communists holding America’s defense and national security hostage to its demands.

Also of interest to me was the story about the 28 captured Nazi airmen who escaped from an “internment camp” near Lake Superior in Canada. The escape was believed to have been planned to coincide with Hitler’s birthday. My opinion is that it was a coincidence, alright.

As always, thanks for your pings and for your amazing efforts with this project.