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September 19 Friday
ASIA: Second Battle of Changsha: Japanese 11th Army reaches and crossed the Milo River during advance on Changsha.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: German submarine U-74 sank Canadian corvette HMCS "Lévis" of Allied convoy SC-44 125 miles east of Iceland at 0603 hours; 18 were killed, 40 survived).
The Ordeal of Convoy SC-42: U-372 claims a final victim in convoy SC-42, sinking British SS "Baron Pentland" at 1433 hours 100 miles East of Iceland. "Baron Pentland's" back had been broken on 10 September by a torpedo from U-652 (2 crew lost, 31 crew and 8 gunners picked up by HMCS "Orillia" and landed at Reykjavik) but she remained afloat on her cargo of timber.
EASTERN FRONT: Armeegruppe Nord: Leningrad is struck by the heaviest air raid it would suffer during the war as 276 German bombers hit the city killing 1000 civilians. Heavy fighting at Uritsk outside Leningrad as the Leningrad defensive perimeter begins stabilizing at Pulkovo, Kuzmino, and Portolovo.
German XIX.Gebirgskorps halts new attack across the Litsa River in the face of heavy resistance.
Armeegruppe Mitte: German troops captured Kiev, Ukraine, along with 600,000 prisoners, 2,500 tanks, and 1,000 artillery pieces. Elements of the 296.Infanterie-Divisionen (Major General W. Stemmermann) (6.Armee [General of the W. von Reichenau]), break through the Russian defenses at Kiev and enter the town after nearly a month of heavy fighting. German infantry of 2.Armee, 6.Armee and 17.Armee pour into the Kiev pocket to annihilate the Soviet Southwestern Front (850,000 troops under General Mikhail Kirponos). Stalin's orders were "stand fast, hold out, and if need be die." When Marshal Budenny, the Soviet commander in the south, requested permission to retreat, Stalin sacked him. General Kirponos, commanding in Kiev, eventually got Stalin's permission to withdraw, but it came too late. Kirponos has been killed in an ambush along with most of his 1,000 strong command column; the Red Army is facing its greatest disaster of this war.
Armeegruppe Sud: Light cruiser "Voroshilov" bombarded Axis troop positions near Sevastopol, Russia. German 11.Armee continues advancing toward the Crimea. Major Kononov's 436th Infantry Regiment of Soviet 155th Rifle Division, having deserted en masse and crossed to German lines, reforms as Don Cossack unit in German service.
In Occupied Yugoslavia, Draža Mihailović and Josip Broz Tito met at Struganik in an attempt to reach an agreement to co-operate and to discuss resistance to the Germans. Major political differences divide the two groups and no accommodation is reached. Supporters of the respective factions soon begin fighting each other. Tito and Mihajlovic quarrel after attempting to discuss resistance to the Germans. There continued attempts to resolve their differences will fail and fighting between their followers will start.
GERMANY: RAF Bomber Command sends 72 aircraft to attack Stettin overnight.
MEDITERANNEAN: Operation Propeller: Convoy arrives at Malta from Gibraltar.
MIDDLE EAST: They are changing the guard today at the Peacock Palace, Tehran. Soviet troops who have occupied the city for several days are leaving and British troops are replacing them, with much saluting. This is the first time that British and Russian troops have seen each other. The British troops are impressed by the Russian soldiers' armor. The Russian troops seem surprised by the British soldiers' short trousers.
NORTH AFRICA: The desert Geschwader, JG 27 loses another Experte when Ernst Riepe with only six kills is shot down and killed in combat against the Allies.
Operation Supercharge. British 16th Infantry Brigade begins arriving at Tobruk by naval transport at night while Australian 24th Infantry Brigade is withdrawn to Egypt. British Cruisers HMS "Ajax", HMS "Neptune", and HMAS "Hobart" return to Alexandria, Egypt, with 6000 troops of British 70th Infantry Division. Over the next few nights, these men will be shuttled to Tobruk to replace Australian 9th Division. To reduce German air attacks, this has to be done using fast warships during moonless periods of the month.
NORTH AMERICA: US Secretary of State Cordell Hull sends a note to the German Charge d'Affaires asking for $2,967,092 in reparations for the sinking of the US freighter SS "Robin Moor". The unarmed freighter was sunk on 21 May 1941 about 700 miles (1,127 km) off the west coast of Africa. The ship had been stopped by the German submarine U-69 and was then sunk by gunfire and torpedo even though US flags were prominently painted on both sides of her hull. She was the first American merchant vessel sunk in the war. All 38-crewmen and 8-passengers make it into life boats and the U-boat captain provides rations; 35 of the 46 survivors are rescued on 3 June and the remaining 11 are rescued on 8 June. The German embassy acknowledges receipt of the note.
UNITED KINGDOM: Lord Woolton called the black market in Britain "a thorn in our side".
The first Rhubarb (armed recce) by Curtiss Tomahawks of the RAF is flown today by RAF No. 239 Squadron from Gatwick.
WESTERN FRONT: Hptm. Jochen Müncheberg is given command of II./JG 26 to replace Hptm. Adolf, who is missing in action against Spitfires from the day before. Oblt. Klaus Mietusch is appointed Staffelkapitän of 7./JG 26.
In Paris, due to the recent shootings of German soldiers, a curfew is imposed from nine at night to five in the morning. Restaurants, cafés, cinemas are shut at eight o'clock. Anyone in breach of the curfew will be held hostage.
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ASIA: Second Battle of Changsha: Japanese 11th Army reaches and crossed the Milo River during advance on Changsha.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: German submarine U-74 sank Canadian corvette HMCS "Lévis" of Allied convoy SC-44 125 miles east of Iceland at 0603 hours; 18 were killed, 40 survived).
The Ordeal of Convoy SC-42: U-372 claims a final victim in convoy SC-42, sinking British SS "Baron Pentland" at 1433 hours 100 miles East of Iceland. "Baron Pentland's" back had been broken on 10 September by a torpedo from U-652 (2 crew lost, 31 crew and 8 gunners picked up by HMCS "Orillia" and landed at Reykjavik) but she remained afloat on her cargo of timber.
EASTERN FRONT: Armeegruppe Nord: Leningrad is struck by the heaviest air raid it would suffer during the war as 276 German bombers hit the city killing 1000 civilians. Heavy fighting at Uritsk outside Leningrad as the Leningrad defensive perimeter begins stabilizing at Pulkovo, Kuzmino, and Portolovo.
German XIX.Gebirgskorps halts new attack across the Litsa River in the face of heavy resistance.
Armeegruppe Mitte: German troops captured Kiev, Ukraine, along with 600,000 prisoners, 2,500 tanks, and 1,000 artillery pieces. Elements of the 296.Infanterie-Divisionen (Major General W. Stemmermann) (6.Armee [General of the W. von Reichenau]), break through the Russian defenses at Kiev and enter the town after nearly a month of heavy fighting. German infantry of 2.Armee, 6.Armee and 17.Armee pour into the Kiev pocket to annihilate the Soviet Southwestern Front (850,000 troops under General Mikhail Kirponos). Stalin's orders were "stand fast, hold out, and if need be die." When Marshal Budenny, the Soviet commander in the south, requested permission to retreat, Stalin sacked him. General Kirponos, commanding in Kiev, eventually got Stalin's permission to withdraw, but it came too late. Kirponos has been killed in an ambush along with most of his 1,000 strong command column; the Red Army is facing its greatest disaster of this war.
Armeegruppe Sud: Light cruiser "Voroshilov" bombarded Axis troop positions near Sevastopol, Russia. German 11.Armee continues advancing toward the Crimea. Major Kononov's 436th Infantry Regiment of Soviet 155th Rifle Division, having deserted en masse and crossed to German lines, reforms as Don Cossack unit in German service.
In Occupied Yugoslavia, Draža Mihailović and Josip Broz Tito met at Struganik in an attempt to reach an agreement to co-operate and to discuss resistance to the Germans. Major political differences divide the two groups and no accommodation is reached. Supporters of the respective factions soon begin fighting each other. Tito and Mihajlovic quarrel after attempting to discuss resistance to the Germans. There continued attempts to resolve their differences will fail and fighting between their followers will start.
GERMANY: RAF Bomber Command sends 72 aircraft to attack Stettin overnight.
MEDITERANNEAN: Operation Propeller: Convoy arrives at Malta from Gibraltar.
MIDDLE EAST: They are changing the guard today at the Peacock Palace, Tehran. Soviet troops who have occupied the city for several days are leaving and British troops are replacing them, with much saluting. This is the first time that British and Russian troops have seen each other. The British troops are impressed by the Russian soldiers' armor. The Russian troops seem surprised by the British soldiers' short trousers.
NORTH AFRICA: The desert Geschwader, JG 27 loses another Experte when Ernst Riepe with only six kills is shot down and killed in combat against the Allies.
Operation Supercharge. British 16th Infantry Brigade begins arriving at Tobruk by naval transport at night while Australian 24th Infantry Brigade is withdrawn to Egypt. British Cruisers HMS "Ajax", HMS "Neptune", and HMAS "Hobart" return to Alexandria, Egypt, with 6000 troops of British 70th Infantry Division. Over the next few nights, these men will be shuttled to Tobruk to replace Australian 9th Division. To reduce German air attacks, this has to be done using fast warships during moonless periods of the month.
NORTH AMERICA: US Secretary of State Cordell Hull sends a note to the German Charge d'Affaires asking for $2,967,092 in reparations for the sinking of the US freighter SS "Robin Moor". The unarmed freighter was sunk on 21 May 1941 about 700 miles (1,127 km) off the west coast of Africa. The ship had been stopped by the German submarine U-69 and was then sunk by gunfire and torpedo even though US flags were prominently painted on both sides of her hull. She was the first American merchant vessel sunk in the war. All 38-crewmen and 8-passengers make it into life boats and the U-boat captain provides rations; 35 of the 46 survivors are rescued on 3 June and the remaining 11 are rescued on 8 June. The German embassy acknowledges receipt of the note.
UNITED KINGDOM: Lord Woolton called the black market in Britain "a thorn in our side".
The first Rhubarb (armed recce) by Curtiss Tomahawks of the RAF is flown today by RAF No. 239 Squadron from Gatwick.
WESTERN FRONT: Hptm. Jochen Müncheberg is given command of II./JG 26 to replace Hptm. Adolf, who is missing in action against Spitfires from the day before. Oblt. Klaus Mietusch is appointed Staffelkapitän of 7./JG 26.
In Paris, due to the recent shootings of German soldiers, a curfew is imposed from nine at night to five in the morning. Restaurants, cafés, cinemas are shut at eight o'clock. Anyone in breach of the curfew will be held hostage.
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