Today in World War II History—April 16, 1941
Friday, April 16, 2021 by Sarah Sundin
80 Years Ago—Apr. 16, 1941: First US Lend-Lease food arrives in Britain.
British destroyers sink all eight ships in an Axis convoy off Tunisia; 1800 killed.
Firefighters from Ireland cross into Northern Ireland to help with fires in Belfast caused by heavy Luftwaffe bombing.