Diary July 4, 1940

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

By German troops in the Western campaign captured French colonial soldiers.

Diary for Thursday, July 4, 1940:

Sea War

Ju 87 Stukas and German E-boats attack convoy, south of Portland, sinking five merchant ships and auxiliary anti-aircraft (AA) ship Foyle Bank.

Air War

Italian planes raid Malta and Alexandria.

East Africa

Italian forces, supported by aircraft and armor, occupy frontier outposts of Kassala and Galabat (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan).

Neutrals

Romania: New Cabinet under Gigurtu (‘a personal friend of Field-Marshal Goering’), including two leaders of the previously outlawed Iron Guard: Manoilesca (Foreign Minister) and Sima (‘Minister for Arts’!). 22 British oil technicians expelled.

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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.