Diary July 29, 1942

07-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

German armoured recon vwhicles in the steppe of Southern Russia.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 29, 1942:

Eastern Front

South Russia: Hoth’s Panzers capture Tsimlyanskaya, on river Don, west of Stalingrad. Farther south Kleist’s Panzers capture Proletarskaya.

Pacific

New Guinea: Japanese troops advancing on Port Moresby take Kokoda, 80 km south of Buna.

Air War

Germany: RAF night raid on Saarbruecken (9 bombers lost).

Home Fronts

Canada: National Resources Mobilization Act amended by Parliament to permit introduction of conscription for overseas service – despite strong opposition from French-Canadian Liberals.

Politics

Britain: London Combined Production and Resources Board established under Lyttleton, British Minister of Production, and Harriman, US Lease-Lend representative.

About The Author

Kretaner

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.