GERMANS DISLODGED NEAR SMOLENSK AND IN THE UKRAINE, RUSSIANS REPORT (7/30/41)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 7/30/41 | Cyrus L. Sulzberger, Daniel T. Brigham, C. Brooks Peters, George Gallup, Craig Thompson, more

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
German Invasion of Russia – Operations, 22 June-25 August 1941
The Mediterranean Basin
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

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On the 27th Ambassador Grew and Japanese Foreign Minister Teijiro Toyoda had a meeting to discuss Roosevelt’s freezing of Japanese assets in the U.S.

Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept

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Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance

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New Soviet Blows – 2
Berlin Confident of Soviet Defeat – 3
The International Situation – 4
51% in U.S. Want Trainees Kept in Service; But Gallup Finds 50% Oppose Service Abroad – 4
U.S. Aid Extolled – 5
Text of Churchill Statement in House of Commons – 6-7
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 8-9
Panama to Forbid Re-Export of Goods – 8
Britain is Gaining at Sea (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 9

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/jul41/f30jul41.htm

American gunboat bombed in China

Wednesday, July 30, 1941 www.onwar.com

In China... The US gunboat Tutiula is damaged by an attack by Japanese bombers in Chungking. Japan apologizes for the incident but it does nothing to ease the strained relations between the US and Japan.

In the Arctic... Planes from the British Home Fleet carriers Victorious and Furious attack German shipping and installations near Kirkenes and Petsamo. Little dame is done and 15 of the 57 attacking aircraft are lost to antiaircraft fire and German fighters.

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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/30.htm

July 30th, 1941

UNITED KINGDOM: London: Russian and the Polish government in exile signed a treaty of friendship in London today which Mr Churchill described as “proof of the fact that hundreds of millions of men all over the world are coming together on the march against the filthy gangster power which must be effectively and finally destroyed.”

The first result of the treaty will be the formation of a Polish army from prisoners of war held in Russia. General Sikorski, the exiled Polish Prime Minister, said after the signing that, while not all questions had been settled between Russia and Poland, the treaty provided a basis for useful collaboration.

Polish-Soviet agreement of cooperation signed at London.

United States recognized Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London.
Murphy (former Governor-General and High Commissioner) proposes creation of a “National defence Commission for the Far East” to meet in Singapore and to co-ordinate regional defence with Dutch and UK representatives. The proposal was ignored. (Marc Small)

Corvette FS Renoncule commissioned.

Destroyer HMS Puckeridge commissioned.

Submarine HMS Trusty commissioned.

Submarine HMS Unseen laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)

GERMANY: Rastenburg: Hitler orders assaults towards Leningrad and the Caucasus rather than a frontal attack on Moscow.

U-382 laid down.

U-508 launched.

U-504 commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

SCANDINAVIA: German shipping and military facilities at Kirkenes in Norway and Petsamo in Finland are attacked by planes from the British carriers HMS Victorious and HMS Furious respectively. Of 29 planes from Victorious, 13 are shot down.
Petsamo (today Petchenga in Russia) by Arctic Sea was at the time Finnish territory. Acquired by Finland in the Peace of Tartu in 1920, it was the only harbour Finland had that was ice-free around the year. During the 1920’s there were found substantial deposits of nickel, which made the area very important as the war came closer. The Soviets occupied the area in the Winter War of 1939-40, but returned it to Finland after the war (except the formerly Finnish half of the Rybachi Peninsula) for reasons that are still debated. As the German troops, as agreed with Finland, took over the northern Finland before the start of the Barbarossa, also the nickel of Petsamo all went to Germany. Finland lost the Petsamo territory finally in 1944 to Soviet Union.

As said, the territory was Finnish, but effectively controlled by Germans. The British attack came just after Finland had informed UK that the diplomatic ties will be ‘interrupted’. The attack gave the Finnish Government the official reason for the severing of the diplomatic ties, and the fact was made public on 1 Aug. (Mikko Härmeinen)

U.S.S.R.: Moscow: Roosevelt’s advisor Harry Hopkins, arrives to discuss ways to help the Soviet war effort.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Submarine HMS Cachalot mistakes an Italian torpedo boat for a tanker in poor visibility. The Torpedo boat suddenly appears out of fog at 800metres, and rams Cachalot holing Z tank, but not the pressure hull. The commander orders abandon ship and opens the main vents, and the submarine gently sinks bows first into 200 feet of water. The Italian torpedo boat commander lowers boats and ensures the safety of all the submarine crew except a Maltese steward who has disappeared, before he requests permission of the submarine commander to discontinue the search. There is just the single casualty. This sinking takes place off Benghazi at 32 49N 20 11E. (Alex Gordon)(108)

CHINA: Chungking: Within hours of damaging the US gunboat USS Tutuila (PR-4) in a bombing raid here, Japan has formally apologised to the USA. The Japanese aircraft dropped a bomb 8 yards astern. There is no damage to the ship nor are there any casualties, but the motor boats are badly damaged. It is unlikely, however, that the latter will be re-assured. The state department is certain now that Japan, having moved into Indochina, has its eyes on the Dutch East Indies and is testing United States resolve. Four days ago the USA and Britain froze all Japanese assets, and two days ago they cut off almost all its oil. If Japan is to go to war, it must do so before very long. (Jack McKillop)

U.S.A.: US Army Chief of Staff George Marshall informs the War Department Staff that it was now US policy to defend the Philippines but that European concerns took priority.

Murphy proposes creation of a “National defence Commission for the Far East” to meet in Singapore and to coordinate regional defence with Dutch and UK representatives. The proposal was ignored. (Marc Small)

CANADA: Minesweeper HMCS Ingonish launched North Vancouver, British Columbia.
Minesweeper HM MMS 107 ordered from Chatier Maritime de St. Laurent, Province of Quebec. (Dave Shirlaw)

ATLANTIC OCEAN:

At 0138, the Shahristan, dispersed from Convoy OS-1, was torpedoed and sunk by U-371 SE of the Azores. The master, 38 crewmembers and 26 passengers were lost. 33 survivors were picked up by the Spanish tanker Campeche and 37 survivors by HMS Sunflower and landed at Ponta Delgada, Azores. Six survivors were rescued by HMS Derbyshire and landed at Gourock.

At 0246, the Sitoebondo, dispersed from Convoy OS-1, was hit by a torpedo from U-371 after they had witnessed the sinking of Shahristan about one hour earlier by the same U-boat. She sank after being hit by two coup de grâce at 0254 and 0337. The 71 crewmembers and six passengers had abandoned ship in three lifeboats after the first hit when the stern settled. The Spanish tanker Campeche picked up the occupants of two boats the next day. The Spanish tanker Campero rescued two crewmembers on a raft after about six days. The 17 crewmembers and two passengers in the last boat were never found. (Dave Shirlaw)

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whittle engine is jet?

at this point, i believe the germans knew they were in trouble in russia.i read a couple first hand accounts and by now the officers on the front line know that the pre war estimates of russian strength were wildly off. they have underestimated russian manpower by over 150 divisions. german equipment is starting to break down and the vastness of russia is now both behind and in front of them.

was it ever shown that nomura knew about the impending attack on pearl harbor during this time?

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was it ever shown that nomura knew about the impending attack on pearl harbor during this time?

I don't think Nomura was cosidered part of the "need to know" group and so was not informed of the Pearl Harbor plan. As an admiral he must have suspected something of the kind was planned in case negotiations broke down.

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• "The course of events in recent days, the appearance of large enemy forces before the front, the supply situation, and the necessity of giving the Second and Third Panzer Groups 10 days to restore and refill their formations has forced a temporary postponement of the fulfillment of aims and mission set forth in Directive Nr. 33 of 19 July and the addendum to it of 23 July...Army Group Centre will go on the defense, while employing the most favorable terrain in its sector. You should occupy favorable jumping-off positions for conducting subsequent offensive operations against the Soviet 21sth Army and you can carry out limited objective offensive operations to this end. As soon as the situation permits the Second and Third Panzer Groups are to be withdrawn from battle and quickly refilled and re-equipped." - Adolf Hitler, Directive No. 34

• Harry Hopkins meets with Stalin in Moscow to discuss U.S. aid to the Soviet Union.

• Stalin summons Voroshilov and Zhdanov to Moscow to express his dissatisfaction with their "lack of toughness" in the Northwestern Theater.

• The I Army Corps captures Shimsk and forces Morozov's 11th and Berzarin's 27th Armies to withdraw to Staraia Russa.

• The OKH declares a virtual standstill for Army Group Centre so they can rest and refit.

• XXXXVII Panzer Corps discusses merging the 17th and 18th Panzer Divisions to make up for personnel and material losses in the two divisions.

• Zhukov is reassigned to the Reserve Front after suggesting that Russian forces abandon Kiev and fall back to more defensible positions.