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Italians hold Allied offensive
Tuesday, November 11, 1941 www.onwar.com
In East Africa... The battle to push the Italians out of east Africa begins, Allied forces with support from local guerillas attack Chilga to the west and Kulkaber to the south east of the main Italian position at Gondar. The Italians repel the attacks.
November 11th, 1941
GERMANY: U-353 launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
BALTIC SEA: U-580 sunk near Memel, in position 55.45N, 20.40E, after a collision with the target ship Angelburg. 12 dead and 32 survivors. (Dave Shirlaw)
FINLAND: Finland gives an official answer to the US offers to mediate peace between Finland and the Soviet Union. Finland states that her war is defensive in nature, and the Finnish military efforts doesn't threaten the US interests. Finland can't fulfill the US demand to retreat behind the pre-1939 border, because such an act would undermine Finnish security. After giving this official answer, the Finnish FM Witting pays an unofficial visit to the US ambassador Schoenfeld. Witting states that Finland won't cut the Murmansk railway or advance to Archangel. All Finnish military operations from now on will be modest in nature. (Mikko Härmeinen)
LIBYA: Major Ernst Duellberg's BF109F-4 (Trop) is damaged in combat by the Tomahawk of Flt-Lt A. C. Rawlinson of 3 Sqn. RAAF. Duellberg nurses his aircraft back to Ain-el Gazala where it belly-lands and is written off. (Michael Alexander)
ETHIOPIA: Allied forces, with local guerrillas assisting, attack Chilga and Kulkaber around the main Italian Gondar position. The attacks make little headway today.
JAPAN: Battleship Mushashi (むしゃし for those of you with Japanese language support enabled) is launched.
PACIFIC OCEAN: LTG Lewis Brereton, Air Force USAFFE (later, FEAF) Commander, dispatched by MacArthur on a three-week, 11,500-mile jaunt to Rabaul, Port Moresby, Townsville, and Melbourne, to comply with Marshall's directive of 30 SEP 41 regarding use of airfields in British Empire areas. (Marc Small)
CANADA: Minesweeper HMCS Swift Current commissioned. Minesweeper HMCS Drummondville arrived Halifax from builder Montreal, Province of Quebec. Minesweepers HMCS Mahone and Chedabucto departed Esquimalt for Halifax. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.A.: Destroyer USS Farenholt launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-561 sank SS Meridian in Convoy SC-53. (Dave Shirlaw)