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History on the 4th of April 1941

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04 Apr 1941 WW2 German submarines continued their attack on Allied convoy SC-26 250 miles southwest of Iceland, which was initially intercepted two days prior. Between 0000 and 0344 hours, U-94 and U-98 sank three ships; 36 were killed and 70 survived. At 1956 hours, U-76 sank Athenic; the entire crew of 40 were rescued. Destroyer HMS Wolverine and sloop HMS Scarborough were able to locate U-76 and launched depth charges, damaging the submarine. 
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04 Apr 1941 WW2 Hitler promised ambassador Matsuoka that in case of war between US and Japan, Germany would lend assistance. 
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04 Apr 1941 WW2 The anti-British propaganda film Ohm Kruger was released. 
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04 Apr 1941 WW2 Axis troops captured Benghazi, Libya, which was evacuated by British forces on the previous day. They pushed further east to the Green Mountain, where they were held by 3 companies of the Australian 9th Division. In the desert to the south, while German 5th Light Division was held in place waiting for a resupply of fuel, the British did not realize the German offensive through the desert had paused and continued to fall back. From the air, German Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed a convoy of 21 trucks, destroying 1,600 gallons of gasoline. 
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04 Apr 1941 WW2 George Patton was promoted to the temporary rank of major general. 
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04 Apr 1941 WW2 German raider Thor and British armed merchant cruiser Voltaire engaged in a 55-minute gun duel 900 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands at the distance of 9 kilometers. Voltaire was sunk, killing 74; Thor picked up 195 survivors. 
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04 Apr 1941 WW2 German submarine U-97 sank British ship Conus 500 miles southwest of Iceland at 2006 hours, killing 59. 
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04 Apr 1941 WW2 German submarine U-124 sank British ship Marlene 75 miles west of Freetown, Sierra Leone, British West Africa; 13 were killed, 47 survived. 
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04 Apr 1941 WW2 British mooring vessel HMS Buffalo wondered into a minefield laid by friendly vessels, struck a mine, and sank off Singapore, killing 32. 
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04 Apr 1941 WW2 Italian bombers sank Greek torpedo boat Proussa and Greek freighter Sussanna off Corfu, Greece. 
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04 Apr 1941 WW2 German bombers sank Free French sloops Suippe and Conquerant at Falmouth, England, United Kingdom. 
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04 Apr 1941 WW2 After securing Asmara, Eritrea, Italian East Africa, Indian 5th Division moved east toward Massawa while Indian 4th Division was withdrawn from the region to reinforce Libya where a renewed Axis offensive was underway. 6 German and 7 Italian freighters were scuttled at Massawa to prevent Allied capture, while British RAF aircraft sank Italian torpedo boat Acerbi in the harbor. In Abyssinia, Italian troops were evacuated out of Addis Ababa as British 11th African Division advanced. 
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