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History on the 12th of September 1941

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12 Sep 1941 WW2 United States Coast Guard cutters intercepted and boarded Norwegian trawler Buskoe in Mackenzie Bay, Greenland; the trawler was operated by Germans, attempting to establish weather stations in the North Atlantic. 
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12 Sep 1941 WW2 German troops reported the first snowfall on the Russian front. 
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12 Sep 1941 WW2 The daily bread ration in Leningrad, Russia was cut to 500 grams for manual workers and 300 grams for office workers and children under 12. 
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12 Sep 1941 WW2 In Operation EGV2, British Albacore aircraft of carrier HMS Victorious damaged the Glomfjord hydroelectric power plant and the ships at anchor at Bodo in Norway. 
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12 Sep 1941 WW2 Three Allied corvettes (British HMS Gladiolus, Canadian HCMS Wetaskiwin, and Free French Mimosa) and eight destroyers (British HMS Douglas, British HMS Veteran, British HMS Leamington, British HMS Saladin, British HMS Skate, American USS Sims, American USS Russell, and American USS Charles F. Hughes) added to Allied convoy SC-42's escort force. In the air, British Catalina aircraft also appeared to provide protection during the day. 
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12 Sep 1941 WW2 Axis troops launched a renewed offensive against Odessa, Ukraine. 
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12 Sep 1941 WW2 The Jager Report (issued on 1 Dec 1941) noted that 993 adult male, 1,670 adult female, and 771 children, all Jews, were killed in Vilnius, Lithuania for a total of 3,334 people. 
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12 Sep 1941 WW2 Tenryu arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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12 Sep 1941 WW2 Nadejda Russo was awarded the Gold Cross of the Order of Aeronautical Virtue with Swords. 
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12 Sep 1941 WW2 British Air Vice-Marshal G. R. Bromet was appointed Air Officer Commanding, No. 19 Group RAF with the primary task of attacking surfaced German submarines in the Bay of Biscay. 
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