Germans Forestall Balkan War as Axis Advances
German and Italian forces push through Yugoslavia and Greece after Romania and Bulgaria align, with Belgrade being encircled and the Croat capital Zagreb reported as occupied. British positions in Libya retreat and Rommel advances toward the Egyptian border as Balkans face final occupation. Berlin claims plans to erase Yugoslavia, install a Croatian state, and annex Montenegro via Albania, while Malta suffers renewed air attacks and Denmark is pressed on Greenland base plans.
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Balkans
Africa
Erwin Rommel
Derna
Tobruk
Libya
Greece
England
High Command
Yugoslavia
Lake
Ohrid
Serbia
Belgrade
Neces
Sava
Bulgaria
Rumania
Balkan
DNB
Salamis
Piraeus
Berlin
EFE
Adriatic
Italy
Montenegro
Albania
Macedonia
North
Mediterranean
Malta
United States
Greenland
Denmark
Wavell and Wilson Aces Steady Britain Amid Balkans News
London reports April 12 notes two British leaders, General Sir Archibald Wavell and General Sir Henry Wilson, bolster public calm despite fresh German advances in Yugoslavia and Greece. Polls show confidence in strategic retreat and stalwart defense while observers warn of a tougher, longer battle ahead.
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London
Wavell
Wilson
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Greece
Archibald P. Wavell
Middle East
Henry Maitland Wilson
Gallipoli
Wavel
Libya
Hungarians Take 2 Cities in Yugoslavia Drive
Hungarian troops driving on the Danube Tisa front reported capturing Sombor and Subotica inside the Northern Yugoslav border north and northwest of Belgrade. The general staff said the push continued toward Belgrade as Croat and Moslem Croat leaders align with the new regime.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Danube
Tisa
Sombor
Subotica
Belgrade
Fabian
Dalmatia
Split
Dubrovnik
Union of
Croat Workers
Slad
Churchill Declares Unconquerable Spirit Amid Bristol Bombing
In Bristol England Winston Churchill said I see the spirit of an unconquerable people as the city endured one of its severest overnight raids. Casualties were described as miraculously few given the intensity, while five Nazi raiders were downed by night fighters. Bombing damaged churches a hospital library and a theater, with a parish hall used as a mortuary and an auxiliary fire station demolished. Forty chaplains support soldiers at Fort Jackson.
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Associated Press
Bristol
England
Winston Churchill
Soviet rebuke of Hungary over Yugoslavia invasion noted
The Soviet government harshly criticized Hungary for attacking Yugoslavia four months after a pact of friendship, highlighting Hungary’s minorities and border links with the USSR. Moscow’s stance followed German moves in the Balkans and included prior assurances to Turkey and a Yugoslav coup with Belgrade switching to the axis.
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Yugoslavia
Russia
Greece
Bback
Kremlin
Balkans
Bulgaria
Turkey
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Tass
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Germany
Europe
Bern
Switzerland
Dusan Simovic
Black
Aegean
Ankara
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Belgrade
Simoniec
Greeks Hold Line as German Push Skirts Yugoslavia
German forces probing through Bitolj Pass into a triangle of Bitolj Yugoslavia and Phlorina Vanitsa faced stiff Greek and British patrols along the northern road network. In Albania Greek forces struck toward Koritza while air battles raged over Veles Philep Kilkis and Piraeus with bombers and anti aircraft guns lighting the night sky.
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Bitolj
Monastir
Bitoelj
Yugoslavia
Phlorina
Vanitsa
Vevi
Bitoli
Phiorina
Phlorina-Vanitsa
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Aegean Sea
Gianitsa
Salonika
Koritza
Albania
Veles
Philep
Kilkis
Piraeus
Athens
Acropolis
Chutists Used To Beat Slavs
April 11 dispatch reports three Yugoslav officers say only one Croat reserve division faced German paratroop incursions on the southeast frontier. German offensive breaks Greek Yugoslav hinge, Greek left flank at risk. Bitolj and Phiorina evacuated as Greeks defend mountain positions. Yugoslav bombers claim divisions still resist in Bosnia.
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Daniel DE Luce
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
Bitolj
Monastir
Phiorina
Bitoli Pass
Bosnia
Wallace Defends Labor, Blames Foreign Sabotage in Rally
Wallace warned that foreign agents are sabotaging labor to hurt production and workers who join the army must not be blamed. He urged action against industrial sabotage and urged accountability as time tightens. Horace Haworth led the meeting with Governor Broughton introduced, and attendees from High Point included O A Kirkman and A Coke Cecil.
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Wallace
Horace Haworth
High Point
Governor Broughton
O. A. Kirkman
A. Coke Cecil
D. A. Rawley
B. F. Johnson
Henry A. Foscue
H. A. Cecil
A. M. Richardson
James B. Lovelace
Curtis Smithdeal
Easter sunrise services reach for higher places across nation
The article notes Easter morning dawn rituals including a high altitude sunrise service in a plane above the Grand Canyon and a 15,000 foot service in Pittsburgh led by Dr. Bernard Clausen. Tempe hosts Yaqui Indians passion play while Selfridge Field tests radio controlled robot planes enabling one pilot to control two aircraft.
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Grand Canyon
Pittsburgh
Bernard Clausen
First Baptist Church
Tempe
Arizona
Judas Iscariot
Selfridge Field
Mich
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