Diary August 24, 1940

War Diary, 08-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

One of the first bombs on London destroyed this cinema in the suburbs in the night from August 24-25.

Diary for Saturday, August 24, 1940:

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Heavy raids on airfields in southeastern England: Manston evacuated; North Weald and Hornchurch also hard hit. Residential areas of Portsmouth and Ramsgate bombed.
Losses: German, 30; British, 23.

German bomber crews, ordered to attack Shorts’ aircraft factory at Rochester (Kent) and Thameshaven oil tanks, are confused by British radio counter-measures and bomb central London and the East End, starting numerous fires (night August 24-25).

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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