Diary July 8, 1940

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

A woman and a dog on the beach at Dunkirk with the abandoned British equipment and weapons scrap.

Diary for Monday, July 8, 1940:

Home Fronts

Britain: 9 BEF divisions, rescued from Dunkirk, have now been reorganized. Tea rationing begins (2 oz (ca. 76 g) per person per week).

Sea War

Mediterranean: Destroyer Escort torpedoed by Italian submarine Guglielmo Marconi in Western Mediterranean (she founders while in tow).
Atlantic: Two destroyers and two torpedo boats – bought by Sweden from Italy and detained by British forces in Faeroe Islands – are bombed in error by British aircraft (damaged ships reach Sweden July 10).

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.

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