Time The Weekly News Magazine Volume XXXVII Number 21, May 26, 1941 hd

Luce, Henry R. et al

Published by Time & Life, New York, 1941

About this Item

Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 104. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. Weekly Timeline: May 20: German paratroopers land on Crete; the battle for Crete will continue for seven days.: The German military mission to Iraq, Special Staff F (Sonderstab F), is created to support of "The Arab Freedom Movement in the Middle East". Sonderstab F is to include Fliegerführer Irak and other elements already in Iraq. . 21: The US merchantman SS Robin Moor is sunk by German submarine U-69. The incident startles the nation, and President Roosevelt shortly announces an "unlimited national emergency." . : The Italian Viceroy in Ethiopia surrenders. Remnants of Italian troops keep on fighting. British forces survey Baghdad, Iraq in June 194122: Iraqi forces unsuccessfully counter-attack the British forces in Fallujah and are rebuffed.23: German dictator Adolf Hitler issues "Führer Directive No. 30" in support of "The Arab Freedom Movement in the Middle East", his "natural ally against England."24: British battlecruiser HMS Hood is sunk by a powerful salvo from German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic.: The Greek government leaves Crete for Cairo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Time The Weekly News Magazine Volume XXXVII Number 21, May 26, 1941 hd
• Publisher: Time & Life, New York
• Publication Date: 1941
• Binding: Paperbound
• Condition: In quite good condition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • History World War II