Diary September 8, 1940

09-1940, War Diary, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

Firefighters fighting the fires in the London borough Eastcheap.

Diary for Sunday, September 8, 1940:

Air War

Small-scale raids on airfields in southeastern England and Dover. 9 1/2-hour night raid on London by 170 bombers: 12 large fires, all railway lines to South Coast blocked; casualties: 412 killed, 747 injured.

Sea War

Operation Hannelore: German torpedo boats lay mines in Straits of Dover.

Secret War

Vichy French agents in London report that Free French expeditionary force is at sea en route for one of France’s African colonies.

Home Fronts

Germany: Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess asks Professor Haushofer: ‘Is there nobody in Britain willing to make peace ?’

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.