Diary July 19, 1940

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

Members of the Reichstag during Hitler's speech from 19 July — Members of the Reichstag during Hitler’s speech at Kroll Opera from July 19. It is hard to find someone who didn’t have a uniform of the German Armed Forces or organization of the NSDAP party.

Diary for Friday, July 19, 1940:

Politics

Germany: HITLER‘S ‘LAST APPEAL TO REASON’ speech in Reichstag, Berlin, says Britain has no sensible alternative but to reach peace agreement; (Britain rejects, July 22).

Home Fronts

Germany: The Führer creates 19 new Field Marshals.

Air War

Me 109Es overwhelm squadron of Defiant two-seat fighters (6 lost, 1 damaged) south of Folkestone. Four Do 17 bombers bomb Rolls-Royce engine factory at Glasgow.

Sea War

Mediterranean: Battle of Cape Spada. Italian cruisers Bartolomeo Colleoni and Giovanni delle Bande Nere (world’s fastest cruisers) intercepted off Crete by Australian cruiser Sydney and five destroyers; Colleoni sunk, Sydney damaged.

Neutrals

USA – Two-Ocean Navy Bill signed by President Roosevelt: warships totaling 1,325,000 t and 15,000 naval aircraft authorized.

About The Author

Kretaner

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.