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Stalin appeals to Russians
Thursday, November 6, 1941 www.onwar.com
Joseph StalinIn Moscow... Stalin delivers a speech for the anniversary of the 1917 revolution. It is noteworthy that he claims Germany has suffered almost 5,000,000 casualties and places Soviet losses at 1,800,000. He also invokes the help of the church to defend “Holy Russia”
In Washington... President Roosevelt announces that a loan of $1,000,000,000. is to be given to the USSR to help finance their participation in Lend-Lease.
From the South Atlantic... The US cruiser Omaha intercepts and captures the German blockade runner Odenwald, which is carrying a cargo of rubber from Japan, off the coast of Brazil. This is first successful action by the US patrols in the Atlantic.