Diary July 3, 1941

07-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

Part of the ‘Scorched Earth Policy’: Russian evacuation of cattles from the advancing Wehrmacht .

Diary for Thursday, July 3, 1941:

Home Fronts

Russia – STALIN BROADCASTS ‘SCORCHED EARTH’ POLICY: ‘We must not leave … a single kilogram of grain or a single litre of petrol to the enemy.’ Guerrilla tactics are to be employed: ‘It is necessary to create in invaded areas conditions unbearable to the enemy.’ All workers must defend Russia ‘in our patriotic war against German Fascism.’

Middle East

Syria: Allied forces capture Palmyra.

East Africa

Ethiopia: Commonwealth forces capture Debra Tabor.

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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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