[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/aug41/f11aug41.htm

Finns reach Vuosalmi

Monday, August 11, 1941 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... The Finnish attacks south of Lake Ladoga reach Vuosalmi.

In Newfoundland... Churchill and Roosevelt continue their meeting at Placentia Bay. Both are accompanied by their military staffs. The discussions cover the situation in Europe and the Far East.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/11.htm

August 11th, 1941

UNITED KINGDOM: Submarine HMS Unsparing laid down.

Corvette HMS Bellwort launched.

Minesweeper HMS Ipswich launched. (Dave Shirlaw)

GERMANY: U-416 laid down.
U-655 commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

FINLAND: Finnish attacks south of Lake Ladoga reach Vuosalmi.

CANADA: Minesweepers HMCS Gananoque and Nipigon commissioned.
Corvette HMCS Moncton launched.

Fairmile “B” patrol craft ordered for RCN: HMC ML 074, ML 075, ML 076, ML 077, ML 078, ML 079, ML 080, ML 081, ML 082, ML 083, ML 084 and ML 085. (Dave Shirlaw)

NEWFOUNDLAND: President Franklin D Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill confer twice today aboard the US heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) in Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland. (Jack McKillop)

U.S.A.: Glenn Miller and his Orchestra record “Elmer’s Tune” on Bluebird Records. (Jack McKillop)

Light fleet carriers USS Belleau Wood and Independence laid down as Cleveland Class cruisers. (Dave Shirlaw)