Second World War tweets from 1941 @RealTimeWWII

I livetweet the Second World War as it happened on this date in 1941, & for four years to come. Third time's the charm. Alwyn Collinson, [email protected] patreon.com/RealTimeWWII Britain Joined August 2011

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Second World War tweets from 1941 @RealTimeWWII

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To try and prop up failing Russian morale, the Red Army have introduced a daily "comfort ration of product 61": 100 grams of vodka for every soldier each day.

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As Wehrmacht smash past every Red Army division scraped together to stop them, Soviet government orders all children under 12 to be evacuated from Moscow.

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3 days ago

Railway town of Mga, just outside city of Leningrad, has fallen to Germans after a vicious three-day battle- Leningrad is now encircled by Axis forces, cut off from the rest of the USSR.

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Second World War tweets from 1941 @RealTimeWWII

3 days ago

As the second year of this "Second World War" ends, New York Times map shows the conflict between Axis & Allies spreading around the globe, from Iran to Iceland: