二戰歐陸雄心系列之十二—1941.3.11

事件：租借法案

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RAF bombers attacked Ostend, Belgium and the German submarine base at Lorient, France.

皇家空軍轟炸機襲擊了比利時奧斯坦德和德國在法國洛里昂的德國潛艇基地。

The Luftwaffe bombed Plymouth and killed 26 people.

德國空軍轟炸了普利茅斯，造成26人喪生。

Hitler met with Boris III of Bulgaria at the Berghof

希特勒在貝格霍夫會見了保加利亞的鮑里斯三世。

RAF bombers attacked Wilhelmshaven and Emden.

皇家空軍轟炸了威廉港和埃姆登。

The Germans bombed Malta for the first time, killing 50 people, destroying 200 buildings and damaging the capital city of Valletta. The British aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious was hit and damaged again in Grand Harbour.

德軍首次轟炸了馬爾他，造成50人喪生，200棟建築損毀，對首府瓦萊塔造成了損失。英國航母光輝號在大港也被擊中，再次受損。

The British troopships Oropesa and Almeda Star were respectively sunk in the Western Approaches and north of Rockall by the German submarine U-96.

英國運兵船Oropesa和Almeda之星號分別於西海沿岸和羅科爾以北被德國潛艇U-96擊沉。

British and Australian forces captured Tobruk and took 25,000 Italians prisoner.

英軍與澳軍攻克托卜魯克，俘虜了25000名義大利人。

Allied troops captured Derna, Libya.

盟軍佔領利比亞德爾納。

The British took Msus, Libya.

英軍佔領利比亞Msus。

Allied troops captured Benghazi.

盟軍佔領班加西。

The Battle of Beda Fomm ended in British victory and El Agheila was captured, thence Churchill ordered the advance to stop and troops to be dispatched to Greece to take part in the Greco-Italian War.

Beda Fomm戰役以英國勝利告終，英軍又奪取了歐蓋萊，自此丘吉爾命令英軍停止前進，將部隊派往希臘，參與希意戰爭。

The Luftwaffe bombed British-held Iceland.

德國空軍轟炸了英國佔據的冰島。

The British submarine HMS Snapper was lost in the Bay of Biscay to either a naval mine or a depth charge attack.

英國潛艇Snapper號在比斯凱灣失蹤，可能是觸雷或被深水炸彈炸沉。

British and German troops engaged each other in North Africa for the first time in a skirmish near Sirte.

英軍和德軍首次在北非交火，戰鬥地點在蘇爾特附近。

The Battle of Trebeshina ended in Greek victory.

Trebeshina之戰希臘獲勝。

The Swansea Blitz was the heavy and sustained bombing of Swansea by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany from 19–21 February 1941. A total of 230 people were killed and 397 were injured. Swansea was selected by the Germans as a legitimate strategic target due to its importance as a port and docks and the oil refinery just beyond.

斯旺西大轟炸指的是納粹德國空軍在1941年2月19~21日之間對斯旺西持續的密集轟炸，共有230名人員喪生，397人受傷。德軍之所以選擇斯旺西作為正式戰略目標，是因為它作為港口碼頭城市具有重要意義，以及周邊的石油精鍊廠。

The British destroyer HMS Dainty was sunk by German bombers off Tobruk.

英國驅逐艦Dainty號在托布魯克沿岸被德軍轟炸機炸沉。

At dawn hundreds of British commandos landed on the Italian-held island of Kastellorizo off the coast of Turkey. The Regia Aeronautica began bombing the British positions immediately, while four warships were sent to shell the positions and land reinforcements.

拂曉時分，數百名英軍突擊隊員登陸土耳其沿岸的義大利Kastellorizo島。義大利皇家空軍立即轟炸英軍陣地，並且派遣四艘戰艦炮轟英軍陣地和陸地援軍。

The Italian light cruiser Armando Diaz was torpedoed and sunk off the Kerkennah Islands by the British submarine HMS Upright.

義大利輕巡洋艦在Kerkennah群島附近被英軍潛艇Upright發射的魚雷集中，沉沒。

The British destroyer HMS Exmoor was sunk off Lowestoft by German E-boats.

英國驅逐艦Exmoor在Lowestoft附近被德軍S艇擊沉。

Operation Abstention ended in Italian victory when the last remaining British commandos surrendered.

英軍突擊隊的余部投降，Abstention行動以義大利勝利告終。

Bulgaria signed the Tripartite Pact joining the Axis powers as German troops marched from Romania into Bulgaria.

德軍從羅馬尼亞進入保加利亞，保加利亞簽署了三方協議，加入軸心集團。

German troops reached the border of Greece.

德軍抵達希臘邊境。

Turkey closed the Dardanelles to all ships without Turkish permits and pilots and canceled its non-aggression pact with Bulgaria after only two weeks.

土耳其向所有未經土耳其允許、未有土耳其領航的船隻關閉了達達尼爾海峽，並且土耳其在時隔兩周後，取消了與保加利亞簽訂的互不侵犯條約。

The Italian Spring Offensive began in the Greco-Italian War. Benito Mussolini, in a radio address from Albania, announced that he was personally commanding the offensive.

意希戰爭中，義大利發動了春季攻勢。墨索里尼在從阿爾巴尼亞發表的播音演說中，宣布他將親自指揮此次攻勢（最後仍然失敗）。

German aircraft bombed London and damaged Buckingham Palace.

德軍飛機轟炸倫敦，損壞了白金漢宮。

President Roosevelt enacted H.R. 1776, the Lend-Lease Act.

羅斯福總統頒布了H.R.1776，即租借法案。

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