BERLIN REPORTS VORONEZH TAKEN; ARTILLERY DUEL RAGES IN EGYPT (7/8/42)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 7/8/42 | Ralph Parker, A.C. Sedgwick, Charles Hurd, Arthur Krock, Hanson W. Baldwin

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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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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Southwest Russia, 1942: German Summer Offensive, Operations, 7 May-23 July 1942
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Status of Forces and Allied Theater Boundaries, 2 July 1942
India-Burma, 1942: Allied Lines of Communication, 1942-1943

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Don City Claimed – 2
Red Army Retires Under Tank Blows (Parker) – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Desert Guns Roar – 4
Both Sides Avoid Big Risks in Egypt (Sedgwick) – 5
Nazis List as Sunk U.S. Cruiser, 28 Ships – 6
Gen. Spaatz Named Air Chief in Europe – 7
White House Hazard (Krock) – 8
Three War Arenas Viewed as Crucial (Baldwin) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-11

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/jul42/f11jul42.htm

Chinese occupy Futou Island
Saturday, July 11, 1942 www.onwar.com

In China... The Chinese occupy Futou Island near Fuchow.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/frame.htm

July 8th, 1942

U.S.S.R.: Battle of Someri. Soviet attempt to capture the island fails after heavy land, naval and air combat. (Dave Shirlaw)

Pacific Fleet: Submarines “Sch-138” and “Sch-118” are sunk by torpedo explosion in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. (Sergey Anisimov)(69)

NORTH AFRICA: US Army, Middle East Air Force (USAMEAF) B-24s bomb the harbour and shipping at Benghazi, Libya during the night of 8/9 July, while B-17s hit the harbour at Tobruk. (Jack McKillop)
USA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: In the Aleutian Islands, the 11th Air Force dispatches 1 B-24 to fly 2 photo missions over the south shore of Kiska Island. All other missions are cancelled due to bad weather.

German submarine U-571 torpedoes an armed merchant tanker 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Tennessee Reef, Florida. The crew runs the ship aground to prevent it sinking. (Jack McKillop)

[BroJoeK]

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July 8, 1942:

• "Seven thousand Lvov, Ukraine, Jews are murdered at the Janówska, Ukraine, labor/extermination camp.

• "Jewish partisan Vitka Kempner and two others leave the Jewish ghetto at Vilna, Lithuania, carrying a land mine with which they hope to disable a German military train located five miles southeast; See July 9, 1942.

"Men from all over Occupied Europe volunteered to serve in national regiments fighting on the side of the Germans.
These Danish troops volunteered for a variety of reasons.
Some hoped that service alongside the Germans would be an advantage after what they considered an inevitable German victory.
Others fervently supported National Socialist ideology; they were attracted by the Nazis' glorification of the "Aryan race" and/or supported the Germans' antisemitic policies.
Such motives were cleverly played upon by ideologically seductive recruitment posters and other Nazi propaganda devices that were common in occupied nations."

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[2banana]

Any notice how the American government ruthlessly went after the German Bund Party on page one?

Now we try to accept and understand those who try to kill and conquer us (cough - muslims).

[BroJoeK]

2banana: "Any notice how the American government ruthlessly went after the German Bund Party on page one?"

If President Roosevelt had been even half as ruthless in hunting down Soviet Communists as he was with National Socialists, the Cold War might have developed quite differently.

But FDR just didn't see Communists as a threat, and besides, he kind of liked "Uncle Joe" Stalin.

[CougarGA7]

• Rear Admiral Robert L. Ghormley and General Douglas MacArthur send a joint message to Washington calling attention to the lack of sufficient planes, ships, supplies, and port facilities to conduct operation WATCHTOWER. The Joint Chiefs ordered MacArthur and Ghormley to get the task completed but did allow them to delay D-Day to August 7th.

• The Japanese Navy appropriates 2,000 yen ($4,700) towards answering the question of whether or not they should begin working on an atomic bomb.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

This morning my mouse was taken over by an evil spirit which caused me to post the onwar.com entry for July 11. It is back from the dark place now and will allow me to post today’s entry.

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/jul42/f08jul42.htm

Red Army pulls back as Germans attack
Wednesday, July 8, 1942 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... The 1st Panzer Army crosses the Donets River. The Soviet defenders, however, have mostly avoided capture and conduct an orderly retreat.