Diary May 7, 1942

05-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

Speer and Milch — Minister of Armaments and Munition Speer (right) during a conference with Field Marshal Milch (center).

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 7, 1942:

Home Fronts

Germany: State Armaments Council (Ruestungsrat) formed under Speer with Milch (Luftwaffe), 3 generals, 1 admiral and 8 representatives of the armaments industry.

Sea War

Black Sea: 24 Russian submarines (4 lost) carry out 77 supply missions to Sebastopol and evacuate wounded (May 7-July 2).
Indian Ocean: Vichy submarines Le Heros and Monge sunk off Diego Suarez.

Africa

Madagascar: Vichy French forces surrender Diego Suarez.

Politics

USA – Peruvian Trade Agreement: President Prado visits Washington. Expresses whole-hearted support for President Roosevelt’s policies and profound admiration for heroic efforts of the British people.

Air War

Germany: 54 RAF bombers attacking Stuttgart and dropping 93t of bombs.

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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.