Thursday 25 September 1941
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A Junkers Ju-88 on its way from North Africa to Greece, 25 September 1941 (Petertil, Eduard, Federal Archive Picture 101I-433-0881-25A). |
Eastern Front: Having recently replaced the deceased General Eugen Ritter von Schobert in command of the 11th Army, General Erich von Manstein takes advantage of the Soviet disarray after their loss at the first battle of Kyiv to seize the neck of the Crimean Isthmus of Perekop. On
September 25, 1941, the German and Romanian forces continue on the second day of a five-day battle that results in a complete German victory. German paratroop forces (Fallschirmjäger), fighting as infantry, close in on Perekop.
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A Junkers Ju-88 on its way from North Africa to Greece, 25 September 1941 (Petertil, Eduard, Federal Archive Picture 101I-433-0881-25A). |
European Air War: RAF Bomber Command sends one of its B-17 Flying Fortresses of No. 90 Squadron on a mission to Emden. After two months of operations, the RAF decides to withdraw the Fortresses from daylight operations. The British are unhappy with the performance of the Flying Fortresses during the day and hereafter use them only at night.
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Luftwaffe ace Horst Carganico receives the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) on 25 September 1941 for being credited with 27 victories. He operates in the far north at Kirkenes, Norway, where the pickings are slim for gaining victories. Flying 600 missions, Carganico records 60 victories before he is killed by flying into high tension cables while attempting a forced landing on 27 May 1944 at Chevry, France. |
Battle of the Baltic: German battleship Tirpitz, sister ship of the sunk Bismarck, operates on its first mission as the lead ship of the temporary Kriegsmarine Baltic Fleet. Accompanied by the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer, the light cruisers Köln, Nürnberg, Leipzig, and Emden, several destroyers, and two flotillas of minesweepers, Tirpitz patrols off the Aaland Islands. The Germans anticipate a breakout attempt by the Soviet fleet based at Leningrad and Kronstadt, but the Soviets have no intention of leaving their bases there. After some fruitless cruising and a depth-charge accident aboard Admiral Scheer that requires a month of repairs, Tirpitz returns to its anchorage on the 26th.
US Military: John F. Kennedy, son of the former U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James Joseph Kennedy, enlists in the U.S. Navy. JFK is appointed an ensign in the US Naval Reserve.
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John F. Kennedy around the time that he enlists in the U.S. Navy in September 1941. |
September 1941
September 1, 1941: Two Years InSeptember 2, 1941: Germans Pushed Back at Yelnya September 3, 1941: FDR Refuses to Meet with JapaneseSeptember 4, 1941: Hitler Furious at GuderianSeptember 5, 1941: Germans Evacuate Yelnya September 6, 1941: Japan Prepares for WarSeptember 7, 1941: Hitler Orders Drive on MoscowSeptember 8, 1941: Leningrad Cut OffSeptember 9, 1941: Germans Attack LeningradSeptember 10, 1941: Guderian Busts LooseSeptember 11, 1941: Convoy SC-42 DestructionSeptember 12, 1941: Starve Leningrad!September 13, 1941: Zhukov at LeningradSeptember 14, 1941: Germany's Growing CasualtiesSeptember 15, 1941: Sorge Warns Stalin AgainSeptember 16, 1941: Soviets Encircled at KievSeptember 17, 1941: Iran Conquest CompletedSeptember 18, 1941: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in ActionSeptember 19, 1941: Germans Take KievSeptember 20, 1941: Death at KievSeptember 21, 1941: Raging Soviet ParanoiaSeptember 22, 1941: Defense of Nickel MinesSeptember 23, 1941: Air Attacks on LeningradSeptember 24, 1941: Japanese Spying IntensifiesSeptember 25, 1941: Manstein at the CrimeaSeptember 26, 1941: Kiev Pocket EliminatedSeptember 27, 1941: Massacre at EišiškėsSeptember 28, 1941: Ted Williams Hits .400September 29, 1941: Babi Yar MassacreSeptember 30, 1941: Operation Typhoon Begins2020