Diary April 27, 1942

04-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 27, 1942:

Air War

Norway: Halifax and Lancaster bombers attack battleship Tirpitz in Trondheim Fjord (nights April 27-28 and 28-29). 77 sorties, 7 aircraft lost. No hits.

Home Fronts

Canada – Conscription Plebiscite: voters in 8 provinces approve introduction of conscription for service overseas, but in Quebec there is 71% majority against.
Japan: HONKEIKO COLLIERY DISASTER. World’s worst ever mining disaster. Accidental gas/dust explosion at Japanese-operated mine in Manchuria kills 1,527 (mainly Chinese conscripts).

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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