Diary July 23, 1940

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

Volunteers from the Home Guard guarding a coastline.

Diary for Tuesday, July 23, 1940:

Home Fronts

Britain: Local Defense Volunteers renamed Home Guard. 1,300,000 men have volunteered since May 14; recruiting officially terminated. Third War Budget: income tax raised to 8s 6d in £, 1d one pint of beer. New Purchase Tax retitled ‘Merchant Sales Tax’ (title later dropped).

Neutrals

Hungary: Pro-Nazi demonstrations in Budapest.

Occupied countries

Czechoslovakia: Provisional Czechoslovak Government established in London by members of former ‘Czechoslovak National Committee’, with Benes (President) and Masaryk (Foreign Minister). Britain recognizes new Government.

East Africa

General Legentilhomme Free French-commander in French Somaliland, replaced by pro-Vichy General Germain. French troops abandon vital Jirre pass, July 27 – thereby exposing British Somaliland to Italian invasion.

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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.