Posted on 01/25/2011 5:23:03 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
#10 Dinah Shore singing Yes My Darling Daughter
#9 The Glenn Miller band with Ray Eberle on vocals doing the really forgettable “Along the Santa Fe Trail”
#8 is the elusive “There I Go,” by Will Bradley. Jimmy Valentine vocals.
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/jan41/f25jan41.htm
Troops frostbitten in Albanian mountains
Saturday, January 25, 1941 www.onwar.com
In the Balkans... In southern Albania, both Greek and Italian forces report many cases of frostbite among the troops fighting the mountains. Italian forces are reported to be suffering through an outbreak of typhoid.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/25.htm
January 25th, 1941
UNITED KINGDOM: London: The first medal of the war awarded to an animal has gone to Chum the Airedale. He has been awarded the “Dogs’ VC” - the Bravery Medal of Our Dumb Friends’ League - for saving the life of Mrs. Marjorie French of Purley.
Mrs French was trapped in her air-raid shelter after her home had been destroyed by a bomb. The first signs of rescue were two large paws digging fast and furiously. When he had cleared a large enough opening, Chum seized Mrs French by the hair and dragged her to safety. He did not wait around for rewards and it had taken Our Dumb Friends’ League a while to trace him. He is owned by Mr and Mrs Chant of Whyteleaf Road, Purley.
RAF Bomber Command:
2 Group: Operations Instruction No.43, explains that most targets for the night offensive against Germany were outside the Blenheim’s range and that operations should only be carried out in moonlight if the weather was suitable. Therefore when the conditions were suitable all possible aircraft should take part. Priorities are 1) oil, 2) industrial, 3) marshalling yards, 4) airfields.
GERMANY:
U-79, U-501 launched
U-201 commissioned
U-600 laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
BULGARIA: Sofia: The Minister in charge of the British Legation reports a conversation with the Greek Minister who believes that the Germans had decided not to invade Bulgaria.
ALBANIA: Both Greek and Italian forces report many cases of frostbite among the troops fighting in the mountains. Italian forces are reported to be also suffering through an outbreak of typhoid. (Jack McKillop)
CANADA: Corvette HMCS Sudbury laid down Kingston, Ontario. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.A.:
Submarine USS Gudgeon launched.
Battleship USS Wisconsin laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.A.: Washington: Viscount Halifax, the new British ambassador, asks the Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, for swift American aid.
The keel of the Iowa Class battleship Wisconsin (BB-64) is laid at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She will be the last battleship commissioned by the U.S. Navy. (Jack McKillop)
http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-01BB-KGV.htm
SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2
by Lt Cdr Geoffrey B Mason RN (Rtd) (c) 2003
HMS KING GEORGE V - King George V-class 14in gun Battleship
including Convoy Escort Movements
1941
January 15th At Scapa Flow where she was visited by Winston Churchill and Lord Halifax. After lunch on board Winston Churchill disembarked and she took passage with Lord Halifax for passage to USA escorted by HM Destroyers BEDOUIN, MATABELE, SOMALI and TARTAR.
January 24th Arrived in Chesapeake Bay escorted by the US Destroyer USN LANSDALE. Where Lord Halifax disembarked to take up his duties as the British Ambassador to the USA.
January 25th Took passage from Chesapeake Bay for return to Scapa Flow to rejoin Home Fleet. (Note: Whilst in USA collected US copy of Japanese Cypher machine (PURPLE) for use during meetings between GCHQ officers and US security personnel.)
http://worldwar2daybyday.blogspot.com/
Day 513 January 25, 1941
General Alan Cunningham launches the Southern front in Italian East Africa. He sends Nigerian, Ghanaian, East African and South African troops of 11th African Division (commanded by British General Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall) and 12th African Division (commanded by British General Reade Godwin-Austen) into Italian Somaliland from British-held Kenya. They meet little resistance from Italian forces who have withdrawn 100 miles behind the Juba River.
Following damage in a Stuka attack on January 10 and initial repairs at Malta, British aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious arrives for further repairs at Alexandria, Egypt. This is beyond the range of German X. Fliegerkorps bombers operating from Sicily.
At 11.20 PM, British Admiral Sir John Tovey departs Scapa Flow to intercept German pocket battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the Iceland-Faroes passage. His flotilla comprises battleships HMS Nelson, Repulse & Rodney, cruisers HMS Arethusa, Galatea, Aurora, Mauritius, Naiad, Phoebe, Edinburgh & Birmingham plus destroyers HMS Bedouin, Matabele, Tartar, Punjabi, Escapade, Echo, Electra, Beagle, Brilliant, Keppel & Piorun.
Does anyone really doubt that the reason naval uber-junkie FDR “broke diplomatic precedent” was so he could see HM’s and Winston’s newest toy up close/personal?
Rose Gold’s candy store was open 24/7. Murder, Inc. always had somebody “on duty” there, as Albert Anastasia would phone in, or personally deliver [usually the former] contracts for murders to be committed to that location.
* (b) War with Japan is imminent.
(c) Units of the Pacific Fleet may be detached to the Atlantic on short notice. The numbers and types of these units are at present unknown.
(d) At least three German Raiders are in the Pacific.
(e) Japan may attack without warning, and these attacks may take any form -- even to attacks by Japanese ships flying German or Italian flags or by submarines, under a doubtful presumption that they may be considered German or Italian.
(f) Japanese attacks may be expected against shipping, outlying possessions or naval units. Surprise raids on Pearl Harbor, or attempts to block the channel, are possible.
(g) Local sabotage is possible.
5. Under the foregoing assumptions, the U.S. Fleet in the Pacific will assume the tasks listed below. Where deemed appropriate, measures to be taken under the tasks will be included.
Waiting Attitude
(1) Take full security measures for the protection of Fleet units, at sea and in port.
-2-
January 25, 1941
Subject: Chief of Naval Operations' Plan DOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the performance of this task, the Fleet is severely handicapped by the existence of certain marked deficiencies in the existing local defense forces and equipment both of Army and Navy. These deficiencies will be set forth in detail later, but are mention here in order that certain measures listed below may be more clearly understood.
At present, the following measures, among others, will be required to accomplish the above task:
* (a) Expand patrol plane search to the maximum, re-enforcing Patrol Wing Two with units from Patrol Wing One.
(b) Establish inner air patrol over Pearl and Honolulu Harbor entrances and approaches, augmenting Army planes with naval and marine planes as necessary.
(c) Arrange for alertness of a striking force of Army bombers and pursuit planes; supplemented by available Navy or Marine planes.
(d) Augment Army A.A. defenses with A.A. batteries of Fleet units in Pearl Harbor.
(2) Keep vessels of all types in constant readiness for distant service.
(3) Assist in local defense of the Fourteenth Naval District.
This task will require augmentation of District Forces by the assignment of Fleet units until suitable vessels, including those of the Coast Guard, become available to the Commandant.
-3-
Kimmel's defenders will claim that he had no warning, was never told of Japanese intentions, thought Oahu was safe from attack, etc..
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