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Zhukov to lead defense of Moscow
Friday, October 10, 1941 www.onwar.com
In the Soviet Union... Soviet General Zhukov is called to Moscow from Leningrad to assume control of the defense of the capital city.
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October 10th, 1941
UNITED KINGDOM:
Minelayer HMS Ariadne laid down.
Aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)
GERMANY: U-199 laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.S.R.: Soviet General Zhukov arrives in Moscow from Leningrad. He will assume command of the defence of Moscow.
Field Marshal Walther von Reichenau, the C-in-C of the German Sixth Army today told his men:
“In the east, the soldier is not merely a fighter according to the rules of war, but also the bearer of an inexorable national idea and the Avenger of all bestialities inflicted upon the German people and its racial kin. Therefore the soldier must always have a full understanding for the necessity of a severe but just atonement on Jewish subhumanity.”
Hitler likes the wording so much that he is going to have it issued as a model for other generals on the eastern front.
German Heeresgruppe Süd (GFM Gerd von Rundstedt) ends the battle of encirclement along the Sea of Azov and takes 100,000 prisoners. (Jack McKillop, Russ Folsom and Michael F. Yaklich)
CANADA:
Trawler HMS Magdalen laid down Midland, Ontario.
Minesweepers HMCS Ungava, Quinte and Clayoquot departed Esquimalt for Halifax. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.A.: The motion picture “Never Give a Sucker an Even Break” is released today. Directed by Edward Cline, this comedy stars W.C. Fields (in his last starring film) and Franklin Pangborn. The plot has Fields attempting to sell his life story to Hollywood and on his way there, he runs into numerous crazy situations that are hilarious.
Tank production in Detroit, Michigan, is hampered by an inter-union struggle as CIO members refuse to handle parts made by AFL workers. (Jack McKillop)
The USN decrees that all fleet aircraft are painted flat light grey with all surfaces viewed from above to be painted flat blue grey. (Jack McKillop)
ATLANTIC OCEAN:
U-126 sank SS Nailsea Manor in Convoy OS-7.
U-331 damaged HM LCT-18.
U-331 was attacked by 3 fighter aircraft and one of its gunners died [Bootsmann Hans Gerstenich]. (Dave Shirlaw)
I'd say that was a wise decision.