Diary July 18, 1940

War Diary, 07-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

Transports in Channel ports for invasion of England — Numerous transports and landing crafts are drawn together in the Channel ports for the planned invasion of England.

Diary for Thursday, July 18, 1940:

Air War

Germans attack shipping off south England. RAF daylight raids on invasion barges at Rotterdam and St Orner airfield (3 aircraft lost). RAF Bomber Command night raids on Krupp’s armament works at Essen, in the Ruhr; targets at Bremen and Hamm marshalling yards (1 aircraft lost). Coastal Command bomb Emden naval base.

Neutrals

Japan – New Cabinet formed: Prince Konoye as Prime Minister, Matsuoka as Foreign Minister.

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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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