* Quarterly feature to follow evolution of American reading habits. “The Moon is Down” leads the pack in fiction. War related books dominate the general category. Here are the earlier lists. They are near the end of the post in each case.
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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/may42/f18may42.htm
British carriers bring planes to Malta
Monday, May 18, 1942 www.onwar.com
HMS Argus [photo at link]
In the Mediterranean... British carriers Argus and Eagle of Force H bring 17 more Spitfires to Malta.
From London... Admiral Harwood is appointed to command the British Mediterranean Fleet.
The war pretty much dominated everything didn’t it?
I see the Japanese know where the Enterprise and Hornet are. I guess they won’t have to worry about them being in the Central Pacific.
Very good description of the destruction wrought by the winter fighting on the road from Moscow to Klin. The article does not have a byline indicating its contributor. I would not doubt that it was picked up from Alexander Werth, a British correspondent serving in Moscow. To the extent the Stalinist Soviets could “trust” a western correspondent, they trusted Werth and gave him access that other western correspondents (and even some of the allied military missions) could only dream of.
Werth’s account of his war time assignment is found in “Russia at War,” an excellent book on how the Soviets fought their desperate battle against the Germans. It is a must read for any serious student of the war in the east. Given some time I will post a few excerpts.