Today in World War II History—March 7, 1941
Saturday, March 7, 2026 by Sarah Sundin
Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien, 1940 (German Federal Archives: Bild 183-2006-1130-500)
85 Years Ago—Mar. 7, 1941: In Allied convoy OB-293 off Iceland, German U-boats U-99 and U-47 sink British whaling factory ship Terje Viken, one of the largest ships sunk in the war at 20,000 tons; U-47 is lost to an unknown cause (45 killed, including captain Günther Prien, famous for his raid on Scapa Flow on 14 October 1939).
First British Commonwealth troops land in Greece to aid the Greeks against the Italians.
