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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1941
Page
1
United States relief and strategic plans face failure if merchant vessels are sunk. The report says Ireland may offer bases to bolster Atlantic defense, while Africa figures in broader wartime considerations.
Churchill warned that Hitler could invade Britain or strike at Turkey and Ukraine oil and Caucasus wheat while the Atlantic battle decides Britain’s survival. He urged full U.S. aid and shipping output, stressed Europe and Africa as theaters, and thanked Allied forces in a Greece and Mediterranean context.
London April 9. A British source warned the Balkans outlook is very serious. The British expeditionary force in Greece has not yet collided with German panzer divisions tearing Greek and Yugoslav lines.
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land urged the United States to aid Britain against Nazi convoy raiders as losses mount. He warned replacements are insufficient and Britain cannot sustain its merchant fleet alone. President Roosevelt planned to seek funds and Danish ship additions to expand the American merchant marine.
The White House announced ten coast guard cutters will be transferred to Britain under the lend lease plan. Vendors built the vessels between 1928 and 1932 and they may be turned over to British crews on this side of the Atlantic.
Defense Production Chief William S. Knudsen told the House Military Affairs Committee he would back legislation to allow the government to commandeer and operate struck defense plants until a settlement is reached between management and labor.
Red Star, the Soviet army newspaper, lauds Yugoslavia and notes Britain’s strong support while asserting the war’s main burden has shifted eastward from western Europe to the east. It cites Yugoslav morale and a potential manpower boost as it references Berlin radio reports on Yugoslav operations.
London reports Massawa, Eritrea’s Red Sea port and former Italian naval base, has fallen to British troops after Asmara and Keren did. The capture ends Italian control of the Red Sea route, secures a naval dockyard and coaling station, and gives Britain a key gateway to East Africa.
Italy asks for the recall of the American assistant military attache in Rome in apparent retaliation for Washington forcing the withdrawal of the Italian naval attache. The U S State Department said the note also complied with the U S request to withdraw Admiral Bentely.
The Ankara dispatch relayed by the exchange telegraph agency says Soviet Russia plans a surprising action in relation to German aggression in the Balkans, signaling notable wartime movements.
Berlin reports Mechili, 80 kilometers southwest of Derna, Libya, has fallen to German and Italian forces. The high command says six generals and 2,000 prisoners were captured in the operation.
London dispatch reports Nazi panzer divisions have split the Yugoslav army, opened the Vardar valley, and are streaming into Macedonia. The confrontation with British and German land forces is expected as Balkan reports surface.
The Yugoslav ambassador to Turkey reported that Bulgarian troops are taking part in fighting Yugoslavia. Bulgaria is under German occupation. The Balkan Entente would require Turkey to aid Yugoslavia if Bulgaria attacks.
Yugoslav general headquarters reports troops crossed the River Drin in northern Albania and push farther into the interior as the conflict continues.
An authoritative source said there were no British troops stationed in the area east of Salonika where the German high command claimed the Greek east wing had surrendered.
The Athens radio station, normally airing a news bulletin at 8:45 p m, did not go on the air tonight leaving listeners without the scheduled update.
Analysis argues German capture of Salonika hinges on broken Greek British coordination. The piece cites lack of unified command among Greek, British, and Yugoslav forces as key to German advance through the Vardar valley. It predicts the main clash will begin once Britain forms a line west of Salonika and reserves are arranged.
German forces advanced rapidly through the Balkans, taking Salonika and forcing the surrender of the Greek army's eastern wing of about 300,000 men. They pushed west through Yugoslavia toward an anticipated junction with Italian forces in Albania, with heavy German casualties reported.
Berlin broadcasters quote authorized German quarters asserting that increased American military aid to Yugoslavia would yield greater loot for Germany. The statement frames U.S. aid as a provocation and hints at retaliatory gains.
Axis forces push through Serbia southwest of Salonika as Greece and Britain fight a losing battle. Rome and Berlin claim British ships in Piraeus cancelled while Mexico seizes 12 Axis ships, signaling possible severed relations with Berlin and Rome.
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