Diary WW2

Diary for Wednesday, July 17, 1940: Politics Britain agrees (under severe Japanese diplomatic pressure) to close the Burma Road – a vital supply route for Chiang Kai-shek‘s armies – for

Diary for Tuesday, July 17, 1945: Politics POTSDAM CONFER­ENCE (‘Terminal’) opens: Churchill, Attlee, Truman and Stalin confer near Berlin. Sea War Pacific: First joint US-British carrier strike on Tokyo area

Diary for Tuesday, July 16, 1940: Sea War OPERATION SEA LION (Seelöwe): HITLER ORDERS PREPARATION FOR SEABORNE INVASION OF ENGLAND, to be completed by mid-August, inc. the reduction of the

Diary for Monday, July 16, 1945: Secret War FIRST ATOMIC BOMB TESTED at Alamogordo in New Mexico desert (Operation Trinity). Occupied countries Germany: Churchill tours Berlin; during inspection of Hitler‘s

Diary for Monday, July 15, 1940: Air War Hurricane fighters beat off 15 Dornier Do 17 s attacking convoy in English Channel. Hidden by low cloud, Ju 88s hit targets

Diary for Sunday, July 15, 1945: Politics Italy: Government declares war on Japan.

Diary for Saturday, July 14, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Ban on troop fraternization with Germans lifted in US and British zones of Germany and Austria. SHAEF dissolved. Sea War Pacific:

Diary for Sunday, July 14, 1940: Occupied countries France: General de Gaulle attends Bastille Day ceremonies in London. Neutrals Vichy France: Day of National Mourning.

Diary for Friday, July 13, 1945: Sea War Pacific: US Government admits responsibility for sinking, in error, of Japanese relief ship Awa Maru.

Diary for Saturday, July 13, 1940: Air War First Free Polish fighter squadron (No 302) formed in Britain, with Hurricane fighters.

Diary for Thursday, July 12, 1945: Politics Japan: Emperor Hirohito appoints former Prime Minister Prince Konoye as secret peace emissary in Moscow. Russians refuse to receive him.

Diary for Friday, July 12, 1940: Air War Hurricane fighters destroy four bombers attacking convoy off Suffolk coast. Night raids on Aberdeen (60 casualties) and Cardiff. Neutrals Russia: Kuusinen, former

Diary for Thursday, July 11, 1940: Neutrals Vichy France: President Lebrun resigns; Petain proclaims himself ‘Head of the French State’, abolishes Republican Constitution of 1875, and dismisses Senate and Chamber

Diary for Wednesday, July 11, 1945: Air War Redeployment of 2,118 4-engined bombers of 8th AF from Britain to the USA (en route for Pacific) completed within 51 days. Home

Diary for Tuesday, July 10, 1945: Sea War Pacific: 1,022 planes of TF 38 raid 70 air bases in Tokyo area destroying 173 aircraft – only resistance, light anti-aircraft guns.

Diary for Wednesday, July 10, 1940: Air War BATTLE OF BRITAIN (for Britain DAY 1; but in fact the real German operation was starting more than one month later, on

Diary for Tuesday, July 9, 1940: Sea War Mediterranean: Naval action off Calabria (Battle of Punta Stilo). British Mediterranean Fleet attempts to cut off Italian Fleet from its Taranto base,

Diary for Monday, July 9, 1945: Sea War Atlantic: Brazilian cruiser Bahia sunk by mysterious explosion (294 killed).

Diary for Monday, July 8, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: 9 BEF divisions, rescued from Dunkirk, have now been reorganized. Tea rationing begins (2 oz (ca. 76 g) per person per