Year 1942

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 16, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: Cruiser Hermione sunk by U-boat U-205 south of Crete.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 15, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: U-boat U-552 sinks 5 ships from Convoy HG.84. Home Fronts Britain: Unemployment now below 100,000.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 14, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: Roma – newest and last Italian battleship – completed at Trieste (she joins the Fleet November 1942). Secret War

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 13, 1942: Africa Western Desert: British 8th Army loses 138 tanks before noon; only 75 tanks operational by dusk. Secret War North Africa: British

WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 12, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: MALTA CONVOYS ‘HARPOON’ AND ‘VIGOROUS’ WIPED OUT. Double convoy operation: British convoys attempt to reach Malta from Gibraltar (Harpoon)

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 11, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: U-boats lay mines off Boston (Massachusetts), Delaware and Chesapeake Bay during June. Politics Russian-Canadian agreement to reopen diplomatic relations.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 10, 1942: Occupied Territories Czechoslovakia: DESTRUCTION OF LIDICE. SS soldiers depopulate and totally destroy village of Lidice, near Prague (some of the inhabitants are

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 9, 1942: Eastern Front Ukraine: Renewed German offensive in Kharkov sector. Air War Germany: 120 RAF bombers attacking Essen and dropping 294t of bombs.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 8, 1942: Home Fronts Germany – State Funeral of Heydrich in Berlin: Himmler eulogizes his former deputy and promises vengeance.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 7, 1942: Eastern Front Siege of Sebastopol: Manstein’s 11th Army attempts to storm Russian defences, but initially makes little progress. Sea War Pacific: Japanese

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 6, 1942: Air War North Africa: Hawker Hurricane ‘tank-busters’ in action over Libya for first time. Sea War Atlantic: Disguised raider Stier sinks Panamanian

WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 5, 1942: North Africa British 8th Army engages Rommel (too late). Politics USA: Government declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania. Sea War Indian

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 4, 1942: Sea War Pacific – BATTLE OF MIDWAY (June 4-6): Japanese Combined Fleet attempts to lure US Pacific Fleet into trap off Midway

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 3, 1942: Sea War Pacific: Japanese carrier planes raid Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands. Air War Britain: German night raid on Poole.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 2, 1942: North Africa Rommel destroys 150th Brigade.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 1, 1942: Eastern Front Siege of Sebastopol: German super-heavy mortars and world’s largest artillery piece – 80-cm Dora – bombard fortifications. German aircraft fly

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 31, 1942: Air War Germany: Mosquito high-speed bombers fly their first bombing sorties against German city (Cologne). Southeast Asia Burma: 400,000 refugees have crossed

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 30, 1942: Air War Germany – FIRST ‘THOUSAND BOMBER RAID’ ON COLOGNE (Operation Millenium): 1,046 RAF bombers (including 101 with Polish crews and 367

WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 29, 1942: Politics USA: Molotov, Russian Foreign Minister in Washington (until June 4). Home Fronts USA: Death of John Barrymore, actor and movie star;

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 28, 1942: Air War North Africa: RAF pounds Rommel’s Panzer’s as they attempt to pass through narrow gaps in British minefields. Sea War Pacific: