Today in World War II History—September 18, 1941
Saturday, September 18, 2021 by Sarah Sundin

Czechoslovakian Gen. Alois Eliáš, before 1928 (public domain via Wikipedia)
80 Years Ago—Sept. 18, 1941: USSR conscripts all men ages 16-50.
In Prague, Gen. Alois Eliáš, prime minister of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, who is working with the resistance, poisons three collaborationist journalists; one dies.
Off Tripoli, British submarine Upholder sinks Italian transports Oceania and Neptunia (384/6000 Italian troops killed).