Diary June 1, 1942

06-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

German super-heavy 60 cm mortar 'Thor' — German super-heavy 60 cm mortar ‘Thor’ bombards Sebastopol.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 1, 1942:

Eastern Front

Siege of Sebastopol: German super-heavy mortars and world’s largest artillery piece – 80-cm Dora – bombard fortifications. German aircraft fly up to 18 bombing sorties per day.

Air War

Germany: ‘THOUSAND BOMBER’ RAID ON ESSEN AND THE RUHR. 950 aircraft (31 lost) are sent, but cloud hampers bombing.

Sea War

Pacific: Seaplane launched from Japanese submarine I-26 reconnoiters Seattle.

Home Fronts

India: Martial law declared in Sind following repeated outrages by the Hurs; aircraft and paratroops have to be employed; 2,000 Hurs captured June-July; 69 hanged.
Germany: Himmler takes control of ARP (Luftschutz).

Occupied Territories

Burma: Burmese Government in Exile to be re-established at Simla (India).

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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.