Daily Archives: November 17, 2021

Operation Crusader begins as British launch offensive to relieve Tobruk, Libya 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 18 1941)

1940s, World War II


Video: '117 - Surprise Attack On Rommel! - Operation Crusader Begins - WW2 - November 21, 1941' (Nov. 18, 1941, at 5:51)

(Tuesday, November 18, 1941, at around 6:00 a.m. Central European Time; during Operation Crusader, part of the Western Desert Campaign in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II) — The British Eighth Army (with Commonwealth, Indian and Allied contingents), commanded by General Alan Cunningham, launched a surprise attack today against the Axis forces (German and Italian) in North Africa commanded by Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel. Continue reading Operation Crusader begins as British launch offensive to relieve Tobruk, Libya 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 18 1941) →

FDR confers with Japanese diplomats in attempt to avert war 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 17 1941)

1940s, U.S. Presidents, World War II


Video: 'War Comes to America, 8/8: America Attacked' (Nov. 17, 1941, at 3:02)

(Monday, November 17, 1941, 11:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m. EST; 20 days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor) — Conferences that may decide whether there will be peace or war in the Far East opened today when U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt received Saburo Kurusu, special Japanese envoy, for an hour at the White House. Continue reading FDR confers with Japanese diplomats in attempt to avert war 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 17 1941) →