1st January, 1941
BIRMINGHAM
7 – PM
2 JAN
1941
W.D.
Postage Revenue 2½d
Mrs Kenneth Penman
Maycot
12 Commonside
Keston
Kent
(1) The Same.
1.1.41
Dingle Darling
How are you? My sweetest, I hope you had a not too uncomfortable journey down from Manchester and that Jill was a good girl. I’ve not yet had a letter from you darling since I got back, you will notice we are still here, although we expect, as I told you in my letter to move at any time. A lot of the huts have gone already, they seem to be trying to move the position piecemeal. They have not yet…
…lifted the leave restrictions I told you about, so I shall not be leaving here until 12 mid day on Sunday but will be with you darling just as soon as I can possibly manage. When I heard about the big raid on London I hoped you had kept to your original intention of travelling down on Tuesday and not on Sunday as you said you might. I am longing to hear what sort of Christmas you had, and whether Jill liked her G M carrier. I’ll tell you all about mine when I see you on Sunday,
Always and always,
Yours Kenneth
Friday 13th December, 1940
- Greek forces fortify their newly acquired positions in southern Albania, intensifying pressure on the Italian invasion and reinforcing Hellenic ascendancy in the Balkans.
Wednesday 18th December, 1940
- Adolf Hitler issues Directive No. 21, planning Operation Barbarossa and envisioning a campaign of swift extermination against the Soviet Union.
Sunday 29th December, 1940
- German bombers launch a severe incendiary assault on London, igniting the “Second Great Fire of London” and testing the city’s capacity for endurance.
Wednesday 1st January, 1941
- British Commonwealth troops advance in North Africa, exploiting Italian weaknesses and extending their strategic footprint to shape the coming year’s operational climate.]