World War II tweets

Pick of the tweets from Dec 27 1940 to Jan 10 1941. This is a great way to learn what happened day-to-day, hour-by-hour during WWII ... all thanks to the brillance of history lover Allwyn Collinson  

Canadian Travel Bureau announce they have foiled a plot by Nazi propagandists in the US who tried to deter American tourists visiting Canada
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) December 27, 2012

Mussolini is formally requesting German aid to salvage disastrous invasion of Greece; he's begging a reluctant Hitler to send ground troops.
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) December 28, 2012

Incendiary has burned through supporting beam, falling to be extinguished- St. Paul's survives alone while City burns. yfrog.com/h4csioxj
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) December 29, 2012

Roosevelt: I will only supply UK with weapons; US will not go to war, but become a "great arsenal of democracy". More: americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrar…
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) December 29, 2012

163 people dead in huge fires in London. 16 are  firemen- 9 died together, crushed by a building collapse in Fleet St. yfrog.com/odm1vkoj
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 

(@RealTimeWWII) December 29, 2012

Much of central London lies in smoking ruins after last night's bombing raid- 100s of historic buildings gutted. twitter.com/RealTimeWWII./s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) December 30, 2012

UK govt. announces bombing over last week has destroyed 8 ancient churches built by Christopher Wren & City Guildhall. twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 1, 2013

Australian & UK soldiers readying for final assault on Bardia- while artillery pound Italian fortifications, each man issued a tot of rum.
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 5, 2013

Free French Admiral Muselier has been arrested by UK intelligence- he's suspected of selling De Gaulle's war plans to Nazis agents.
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 2, 2013

Pres. Roosevelt announces USA will build 200 cargo "Liberty ships", & lend them to Britain to replace torpedoed vessels twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 2, 2013

German planes have again hit Ireland- 5 counties bombed & 20 injured in Dublin, to furious Irish protest. Luftwaffe blame "strong winds".
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 3, 2013

Cardiff's turn to suffer last night- 100 Luftwaffe planes, guided by a "Bomber's Moon", smashed Welsh city for 10 hours twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 3, 2013

Marlene Dietrich, Hollywood
starlet & staunch anti-Nazi, granted US citizenship- refusing offers from Reich to return. twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 4, 2013

Australian & UK soldiers readying for final assault on Bardia- while artillery pound Italian fortifications, each man issued a tot of rum.
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 5, 2013

Surrounded, their backs to the sea, the last Italian garrisons at Bardia have surrendered- total now 36,000 prisoners. title="http://yfrog.com/esyuhlej">yfrog.com/esyuhlej
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 

(@RealTimeWWII) January 5, 2013

TIME Magazine announcing their Man of the Year is Winston Churchill, "savior of his country" (last year it was Stalin). title="http://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/287990891073908736/photo/1">twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 6, 2013

9,000 Chinese communists- weapons depleted from guerrilla raids on Japanese- are trapped in town of Maolin, surrounded by 80,000 Kuomintang.
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 6, 2013

UK announces in last year Germans sank over 3.5 million tons of Allied shipping- horrific losses, worse than Great War. twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 7, 2013

Japan's Admiral Yamamoto, believing "war with USA is inevitable", now secretly drawing up plans for a surprise attack. twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 8, 2013

Despite 3rd night with almost no German bombers, many Britons still sleeping in shelters- incl. music hall performers: title="http://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/status/288750452491833348/photo/1">twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 8, 2013

UK unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in over 20 years- only 705,279 (~1.5%) out of work, thanks to conscription & arms production.
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 8, 2013

Canadian govt. announcing army & navy volunteers of Japanese ethnicity will be rejected due to "strong public disapproval & espionage fears"
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 8, 2013

Churchill now personally apologising to Free French leader de Gaulle for ordering Admiral's arrest on false charges. yfrog.com/hwog5itj
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 9, 2013

After days without raids on UK, Luftwaffe hit Portsmouth & London last night- Portsmouth harbour missed, town wrecked. twitter.com/RealTimeWWII/s…
— WW2 Tweets from 1941 (@RealTimeWWII) January 10, 2013