GERMANS RECROSS THE UPPER DON; BRITISH REPEL ATTACKS IN EGYPT (7/18/42)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 7/18/42 | A.C. Sedgwick, Charles Hurd, Hanson W. Baldwin

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Red Army Scores – 2-3
British in Desert Make Some Gains (Sedgwick) – 3-4
War News Summarized – 4
Navy Says Foe Still Holds Three of Aleutian Islands (Hurd) – 5
Army Adopts Parachute Ration for Emergency Use by Troops * – 7-8
Japanese Naval Losses (Baldwin) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 10-12

*Ohhhhh – K rations [drools]-Homer.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/jul42/f16jul42.htm

Red Army fights for Rostov
Thursday, July 16, 1942 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... Soviet resistance against the German advances near Rostov stiffens.

From Moscow... Soviets release figures of German losses from the start of their summer offensive. Their numbers, 900,000 are considered to be exaggerated.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Wait - wrong day. Here is July 18.

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/jul42/f18jul42.htm

Hitler orders advance on Stalingrad
Saturday, July 18, 1942 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... The German Army Group B is ordered to advance on Stalingrad.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

July 18th, 1942
UNITED KINGDOM: In London, Harry Hopkins, General George C Marshall, Admiral Ernest V King, Prime Minister Winston S Churchill and the British Chiefs of Staff begin a conference in London on the proposed invasion of North Africa (Operation TORCH). (Jack McKillop)

Boom defence vessel HMS Barfoil launched.

Escort carrier HMS Pursuer launched. (Dave Shirlaw)

GERMANY: Leipheim: Powered by two Junkers Jumo 109-004B turbojets the Messerschmitt Me262 V3 prototype jet fighter makes its maiden flight.

U-384 is commissioned.

U-666 is commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

POLAND: Auschwitz: Impressed by the camp’s harsh regime and efficient gas chambers, Heinrich Himmler promotes its commandant, Rudolf Hoess, to SS major.

U.S.S.R.: The Germans take Voroshilovgrad, a mining centre in the Donets basin.

Soviet submarine Shch-138 of the Pacific Fleet is lost off Nikolaevsk-na-Amure by explosion of its own torpedo compartment. 17 men are lost. Submarine Shch-118 is also damaged by this explosion. (Mike Yared and Dave Shirlaw)(146 and 147)

SOLOMON ISLANDS: USAAF Fifth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress with two USMC observers aboard flies a reconnaissance and photographic mission over Gavutu, Guadalcanal and Tulagi Islands in preparation for the U.S. invasion next month. (Jack McKillop)

JAPAN: The Allied Combined Operations Intelligence Centre summaries captured by the German commerce raider THOR on 10 May at last reach Japan. (Daniel Ross)

AUSTRALIA: Rescue tug HMAS Reserve launched. (Dave Shirlaw)

ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: In the Aleutian Islands, an 11th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress flying weather and photo reconnaissance over Kiska Island crashes on Umnak Island. (Jack McKillop)

U.S.A.: “Jingle Jangle Jingle” by Kay Kyser with vocals by Harry Babbitt, Julie Conway and The Group reaches Number 1 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the U.S. This song, which debuted on the charts two weeks earlier, was charted for 13 weeks, was Number 1 for 8 weeks and was ranked Number 3 for the year 1942. (Jack McKillop)

Escort carrier HMS Ameer (ex-USS Baffins) laid down.

Destroyer escort USS Pillsbury laid down.

Destroyers USS Kalk, Hall, Conner launched. (Dave Shirlaw)

ATLANTIC OCEAN:

At 1633, the unescorted and unarmed Carmona was hit by one torpedo from U-160 at the starboard side in the engine room, wrecking the engines and killing four men. Ten minutes later a second torpedo hit the starboard side at #2 hatch. Two other torpedoes hit also the starboard side about five minutes later. The ship turned on her side and sank 30 minutes after the first hit southeast of Trinidad. The survivors abandoned ship in two lifeboats after the first hit and were picked up by USS YPC-68, which was about two miles inshore of the Carmona when she was hit and were taken to Port of Spain.

U-575 sank the sailing vessels Glacier and Comrade with gunfire

Steam tanker San Gaspar damaged by U-575 at 10.30N, 60.27W. (Dave Shirlaw)

[Homer_J_Simpson]

U.S.A.: “Jingle Jangle Jingle” by Kay Kyser with vocals by Harry Babbitt, Julie Conway and The Group reaches Number 1 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the U.S. This song, which debuted on the charts two weeks earlier, was charted for 13 weeks, was Number 1 for 8 weeks and was ranked Number 3 for the year 1942.

“Jingle Jangle Jingle,” by Kay Kyser

[Rebelbase]

“Mobile Units in the City Will Take Fingerprints”

Bottom of page 4. I’d love for that page to be posted as its own thread.

[Seizethecarp]

“GERMANY: Leipheim: Powered by two Junkers Jumo 109-004B turbojets the Messerschmitt Me262 V3 prototype jet fighter makes its maiden flight.”

An amazing achievement! I believe the Germans were first to exploit a British jet engine design.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262

“The Me 262 was so fast that new tactics had to be devised to attack American bombers. In the head-on attack, the closing speed, of about 350 yd per second (320 m), was too high for accurate shooting. Even from astern, the closing speed was too great for the short-ranged 30 mm cannon to be used to maximum effect. Therefore, a roller-coaster attack was devised. The 262s approached from astern and about 6,000 ft higher (1,800 m) than the bombers. From about 3 mi behind (4.8 km), they went into a shallow dive that took them through the escort fighters with little risk of interception. When they were about 1 mi astern (1.6 km) and 1,500 feet (460 m) below the bombers, they pulled up sharply to reduce their excess speed. On levelling off, they were 1,000 yd astern (0.91 km) and overtaking the bombers at about 100 mph (160 km/h), well placed to attack them.[38]

“Since 30 mm cannon were not accurate beyond 650 yd (590 m), and it was necessary to break off at 200 yd (180 m) to avoid colliding with the target, Me 262 pilots would normally commence firing at 550 yd (500 m).[39] Allied bomber gunners found their electric gun turrets had problems tracking the jets. Target acquisition was difficult because the jets closed into firing range quickly and remained in firing position only briefly, using their standard attack profile which proved to be more effective.”

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Three Aleutian Islands occupied by Japan, since June.

[HenpeckedCon]

“Heinrich Himmler promotes its commandant, Rudolf Hoess, to SS major.”

Actually Himmler promoted Hoess to Obersturmbahnfuhrer (Lt. Colonel). Not to be picky. I eagerly await your daily 70 year old NY Times posting.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Actually Himmler promoted Hoess to Obersturmbahnfuhrer (Lt. Colonel). Not to be picky.

We normally rely on PzLdr to keep us on the straight and narrow regarding SS rank and insignia. Its good to see we have multiple sources for that discipline.

[HenpeckedCon]

PzLdr will probably correctly point out that I spelled it wrong. Obersturmbannfuhrer is the correct spelling. I had Autobahn on my mind. Keep up the great work!