Diary July 11, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 11, 1942: Air War Europe: Lancaster bombers raid Schichau U-boat yards at Danzig in thunderstorm (longest daylight raid to date); several aircraft stray over […]
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Diary July 10, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 10, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: German U-boats U-160 and U-66 commence successful operations around Trinidad (15 ships sunk in 2 months).
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Diary July 9, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 9, 1942: Occupied Territories Holland: Anne Frank and family (Dutch Jews) go into hiding in the Prinsengacacht, a large building in centre of Amsterdam.
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Diary July 8, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 8, 1942: Occupied Territories France: Death of Marshal Franchet d’Esperey, hero of the Salonika Campaign, where he crushed the German-Bulgarian forces in 10 days
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Diary July 7, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 7, 1942: Eastern Front Ukraine: German troops capture Voronezh on river Don, 300 miles northwest of Stalingrad. Sea War Baltic: Russian marines attempt to
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Diary July 7, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, July 7, 1917: Air War Britain: 22 Gotha bombers (2 lost including 1 shot down, 3 written off in crash landings on return) attack
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Diary July 6, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 6, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: U-boat U-132 attacks convoy in Gulf of St Lawrence and sinks 3 ships. Air War Britain: Incendiary raid on
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Diary July 5, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 5, 1942: Eastern Front Ukraine: Germans reach river Don, near Voronezh. Sea War Pacific: 4 Japanese destroyers torpedoed by US submarines off Aleutian Islands.
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Diary July 4, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 4, 1942: Sea War Arctic: DESTRUCTION OF ARCTIC CONVOY PQ.17. Following damaging attacks by German torpedo planes and U-boats and threatening movements by battleship
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Diary July 3, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 3, 1942: Eastern Front Crimea: SIEGE SEBASTOPOL ENDS. Politics Egypt: Axis Powers promise the country complete independence and national sovereignty. Air War Germany: 263
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Diary July 2, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 2, 1942: Eastern Front Black Sea: German Luftwaffe bombs Russian warships at Novorossisk. Politics Wheat Agreement between GB, USA, Argentina, Australia and Canada.
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Diary July 1, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 1, 1942: Africa Western Desert: FIRST BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN. Rommel reaches El Alamein, having advanced 644 km in 36 days, and immediately attempts
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