Diary July 2, 1940

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

amphibious verhicle LWS — Exercises with the tracked amphibious vehicle LWS for the transportation of 88-mm Flak guns to the coast, pictured in July 1940 on the German island of Sylt.

Diary for Tuesday, July 2, 1940:

Sea War

British liner Arandora Star (15,501 t), carrying 1,500 Italian and German internees and PoWs to Canada, sunk by U-boat U-47 west of Ireland. Panic-stricken passengers fight for places in lifeboats (670 dead).
Hitler makes first tentative plans for seaborne invasion of England.

Occupied countries

Poland: General Sikorski issues Order of the Day to Polish Forces in Britain: ‘We shall continue to fight with an iron will until victory is won.’

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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.

Sea War

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