Diary July 22, 1940
Diary for Monday, July 22, 1940: Air War First ‘kill’ by RAF night fighter equipped with AI (Airborne Interception) radar: Do 17 shot down south of Brighton by Blenheim.
Diary for Monday, July 22, 1940: Air War First ‘kill’ by RAF night fighter equipped with AI (Airborne Interception) radar: Do 17 shot down south of Brighton by Blenheim.
Diary for Thursday, July 22, 1915: Western Front Argonne: French advance near Bagatelle, Joffre sacks Sarrail from Third Army; Humbert replaces him for duration. Alsace: German counterattack near Metzeral. Neutrals
Diary for Sunday, July 22, 1945: Air War China: 300 planes of FEAF (including new Invader fast bombers) again hit air bases and shipping in Shanghai area. Sea War Pacific:
Hungarian medium tank Turan I and II. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D-model of 41M Turan II. Hungarian tanks of WW2 41M Turan II Type: Hungarian medium tank
Diary for Sunday, July 21, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: Lt.-Gen. Sir Alan Brooke appointed C-in-C Home Forces. Politics Romania cedes Southern Dobrudja area to Bulgaria. National assemblies in Baltic States
Diary for Wednesday, July 21, 1915: Eastern Front Conrad urges Burian to keep separate peace with Russia in view (and on August 6) but no Russian interest. Poland: Woyrsch besieges
Diary for Saturday, July 21, 1945: Sea War Pacific: US Navy planes attack shipping in Tsushima Strait and off Fusan (Korea).
Organization of the Wehrmacht, Third Reich and Nazi Party with Power balance of Germany during WW2. back to PART I about the Wehrmacht Organization of the Wehrmacht In March 1939
Diary for Tuesday, July 20, 1915: Sea War North Sea: British submarine C27 towed by Q-ship Princess Louise torpedoes and sinks U23 (Schulthess). Western Front Alsace: French advance toward Munster
Diary for Saturday, July 20, 1940: Air War Göring orders creation of first specialized night-fighter wing Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1) – under Oberst Josef Kammhuber. Me 110 night fighter achieves
Diary for Friday, July 20, 1945: Home Fronts USA: Congress votes to increase Export-Import Banks lending ceiling from $700 millions to $3,500 millions and passes Bretton Woods Bill. Passed 61-16
The Potsdam Conference between Truman, Churchill (later Attlee), and Stalin from July 17 to August 2, 1945. The Potsdam Conference in 1945 was a major meeting where the leaders of
Diary for Friday, July 19, 1940: Politics Germany: HITLER‘S ‘LAST APPEAL TO REASON’ speech in Reichstag, Berlin, says Britain has no sensible alternative but to reach peace agreement; (Britain rejects,
Diary for Monday, July 19, 1915: Air War Western Front: Guynemer’s first victory (of 54) with gunner Guerder (wounded), an Aviatik near Soissons. Promoted to sergeant and awarded Medaille Militaire.
Diary for Thursday, July 19, 1945: Air War China: FEAF (Far East Air Forces Command) bombs 4 air bases in Shanghai area.
German medium tank Mark 3 with 5cm guns. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Panzer III Variants G to J The German Panzer III (Panzerkampfwagen III) was
Diary for Thursday, July 18, 1940: Air War Germans attack shipping off south England. RAF daylight raids on invasion barges at Rotterdam and St Orner airfield (3 aircraft lost). RAF
Diary for Sunday, July 18, 1915: Southern Fronts Second Battle of the Isonzo (until August 3): Italian Second and Third Armies (260 battalions against 129 Austrian battalions with 462 guns)
Diary for Wednesday, July 18, 1945: Air War China: 200 B-24 Liberator and B-25 Mitchell bombers of FEAF (Far East Air Forces command) from Okinawa bomb Kiangwan airfield, Shanghai. Home
British battleship class King George V, Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Anson, Howe. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Battleship class King George V King George V