[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/oct41/f29oct41.htm

Siberian troops deployed near Moscow
Wednesday, October 29, 1941 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... The first of the Soviet reserves from Siberia take position in the defensive lines west of Moscow.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/29.htm

October 29th, 1941

UNITED KINGDOM: Minesweeper HMS Stratford launched. (Dave Shirlaw)

GERMANY:

U-822 launched.

U-513, U-601 laid down.

U-355 commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

U.S.S.R.: The line west of Moscow receives a division from Siberia, the first of these reserve divisions.

COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: Colonel H. George, A-4 (supply) under Major General Lewis H. Brereton, submits a request to Hugh Casey (MacArthur’s engineer) to devise plans as soon as possible for the construction of housing for 339 officers and 2,743 enlisted men at Del Monte airfield, Mindanao. (Jack McKillop)

CANADA: Minesweeper HMCS Stratford laid down Toronto, Ontario.

ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-577 was attacked by a Blenheim bomber in the North Atlantic, suffering slight damage. (Dave Shirlaw)