[Homer_J_Simpson]

Berlin Sees a Rout – 2
2 Nazi Airmen Slain in Canadian Break – 2
British Not Upset – 3-4
The International Situation – 4
Col Roosevelt Gets World War Command – 4
Allies Reinforce New Line in Greece – 5
Douglas Completes 7,750-Mile Bomber – 5
Financier Named Premier of Greece – 6
Leaders of Nazi Armed Forces Congratulate Their Chief (photo) – 6
7 Germans Tell of Scaling Mount Olympus and Planting Flag on Crest as Battle Raged – 7
England’s Safety Ours, Says Mayor – 7
126,000 City Men in Army by June 30 – 7
Germans Now Eye the British in Iraq – 8
Army Launches Fort Dix ‘Battle’ – 8
The War at Sea – II – 9
Italy Hurls Defiance over Bombing Issue – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Europe and Africa – 10-11

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/apr41/f22apr41.htm

Italians retreat in Abyssinia

Tuesday, April 22, 1941 www.onwar.com

In East Africa... After four days of fighting the 1st South African Brigade, the Italians in defensive positions south of Dessie fall back.

In the Balkans... In Greece, German forces begin to arrive at the Thermopylae position but do not mount a large attack.

[PAR35]

Teddy Roosevelt surfaces. Bad heart and bum leg. Think his cousin pulled some strings on this?

[PAR35]

They forgot a key feature of the B-19 - it barked.

Underpowered, behind schedule.

A nice looking plane, but that’s all that can be said for it.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

BRITISH NOT UPSET

Does that strike anyone besides me as a peculiar headline?

Baldwin's column: The War at Sea - II

I'll bet there was a column titled The War at Sea - I, but I missed it.

On a more serious note, I know that spring is here and it is time to get the wife's furs into storage, but there are so many choices it is hard to decide which service to choose. Tailored Woman? Jay Thorpe? Bergdorf Goodman? Any recomendations?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

7 Germans Tell of Scaling Mount Olympus and Planting Flag on Crest as Battle Raged – 7

This story is strangely reminiscent of a similar episode that will take place in the Pacific theatre in about four years.

[BroJoeK]

Headline: "Douglas Completes 7,750-Mile Bomber – 5"

"The purpose of the XB-19 project was to test the flight characteristics and design techniques associated with giant bombers.
Douglas Aircraft Company strongly wanted to cancel the project, because it was extremely expensive.
Despite advances in technology that made the XB-19 obsolete before it was even completed, the Army Air Corps felt that the prototype would be useful for testing.
Its construction took so long that competition for the contracts to make the XB-35 and XB-36 occurred two months before its first flight.

"The plane finally flew on June 27, 1941, more than three years after the construction contract was awarded.
In 1943, the original Wright R-3350 engines were replaced with Allison V-3420-11 V engines.
After completion of testing, the XB-19 served as a cargo carrier until it was scrapped in 1949."