Diary June 25, 1942

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

Picture from this day near Mersa Matruh: British armoured cars under bomb attack by Stukas.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 25, 1942:

Africa

Western Desert: Auchinleck sacks Ritchie and takes personal command of 8th Army.

Air War

Germany: ‘THOUSAND-BOMBER’ RAID ON BREMEN. 1,006 aircraft despatched (49 lost) including 272 bomber/trainers and 102 Coastal Command machines. First successful test of ‘Gee’ ‘blind-bombing’ equipment against major target. Focke-Wulf works badly damaged and 27 acres of business district destroyed.

Home Fronts

USA: Major-General Eisenhower appointed Commander of US Forces in Europe.

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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.

Africa

Air War

Home Fronts

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