Diary June 27, 1942

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

Russian destroyer 'Soobrazitelnyi' takes survivors from sinking 'Tashkent' — The Russian destroyer ‘Soobrazitelnyi’ takes wounded and civilians on board from the hit and sinking ‘Tashkent’.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 27, 1942:

Sea War

Black Sea: Russian destroyer Tashkent evacuates 2,300 wounded and civilians from Sebastopol; she is bombed repeatedly en route to Novorossisk, but transfers her passengers and reaches port before sinking.

Air War

Britain: Night raid on Weston-super-Mare (repeated June 28-29); serious fire damage.

Neutrals

Argentina: President Ortiz resigns because of failing eyesight. Succeeded by Dr Castillo.

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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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