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FOUR DIVISIONS OF NATIONAL GUARD TO BE CALLED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE (7/13/40)
Microfiche-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 7/13/40 | Frank L. Kluckhohn, James MacDonald, Robert P. Post, Herbert L. Matthews, Hanson W. Baldwin

Posted on 07/13/2010 5:03:51 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: milhist; realtime; worldwarii
Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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1 posted on 07/13/2010 5:03:52 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

2 posted on 07/13/2010 5:04:57 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Winston S. Churchill, Their Finest Hour

3 posted on 07/13/2010 5:06:44 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; GRRRRR; 2banana; henkster; ...
Training Planned – 2-3
Nazis Seek to Revive Industry of France – 3
The International Situation – 3
Wide Areas Raided – 4
British at Trinidad Fired at U.S. Vessel – 4
Burma Road Curb Pledged by Britain to Appease Japan – 5
New Sea Victory Claimed by Italy – 6
British Communist Paper Warned of Suppression – 6
Engine Bottleneck Slows Planes for Britain; 70 to 100 Held Up at Curtiss Buffalo Plant * – 7
Starvation Held Facing 35 Million – 8
War Ship Loss Put at 4,329,213 Tons – 8
Era of Mutual Aid Now Seen as Dead (by Lansing Warren) – 9
French in London Bar Bastille Day Mourning – 9
A Huge British Transport Sent to the Bottom off Norway (photo) – 10
Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 11

* Remember “Marlboro Man,” from the war in Iraq? Here’s a photo of the Wehrmacht version.

4 posted on 07/13/2010 5:08:35 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/jul40/f13jul40.htm

Italians invade Kenya

Saturday, July 13, 1940 www.onwar.com

In East Africa... The Italian forces in Abyssinia move over the border into Kenya to attack the small town of Moyale.

From Berlin... Hitler issues Directive 15 on the air war with Britain. The offensive is to begin at full strength on August 5th. Goring in fact will not be able to have his planes ready by this date. This lack of efficiency will waste vital days in the fine summer weather. The RAF is to be rapidly driven from the skies and the air supremacy necessary if an invasion is to be attempted is to be achieved. Also, in a conversation with some of his generals Hitler makes his first real mention of the future necessity to attack the Soviet Union. He suggests that England is only fighting on because of the hope of Soviet help.


5 posted on 07/13/2010 5:13:12 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/13.htm

July 13th, 1940

UNITED KINGDOM: RAF Bomber Command: 4 Group (Whitley). Bombing - Industrial targets at Mannheim, Leverkusen and Gravensbruk.
10 Sqn. Three aircraft to Mannheim. All bombed.
51 Sqn. Three aircraft to Mannheim. Two bombed. One hit by flak, landed Honington.
58 Sqn. Ten aircraft to Leverkusen and Gravensbruk. Eight bombed.
77 Sqn. Seven aircraft to Mannheim. Six bombed, two hit by flak. One landed at Martlesham Heath and one at Duxford.
The first Free Polish fighter squadron of the RAF is formed. This was No. 302 “Poznanski” Squadron at Leconfield, Yorkshire. (Jack McKillop)

London: Lord Beaverbrook’s appeal to the women of Britain to “Give us your aluminium and we will turn your pots and pans into Spitfires and Hurricanes, Blenheims and Wellingtons” has brought an amazing response. Women, keen to help the RAF pilots who are defending them, have rushed to the depots set up by the Women’s Voluntary Service to hand over some of their cooking utensils. A typical response to the Minister of Aircraft Production’s appeal was that of a woman aged about 80 who walked a mile and a half to donate a saucepan. “It is very useful,” she said, “but I give it gladly to the country.”

Hundreds of tons have already been collected although the appeal is only a couple of days old. In one town so much was collected that a steam roller was used to flatten the utensils in order to make more room. As well as pots and pans, tennis racket presses and cigarette cases, an artificial leg and a racing car with an aluminium body are among the possessions that their owners hope will be turned into fighters and bombers.

GERMANY: Berlin: Hitler’s Directive no. 15 orders the Luftwaffe to destroy the RAF in preparation for Operation Sealion - the invasion of Britain.

While Hitler still hopes that Britain will make peace, he has already set in train preparations for invasion. On 2 July he ordered a study of the idea, and today he has issued a military directive to the effect that Germany must gain air superiority over the RAF before an invasion can take place. Hitler tells his generals that Britain is only fighting because of hope that Russian assistance. He goes further in confiding that it may become necessary to invade Russia.

Today Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, the German naval commander, stated that invasion should be regarded as a last resort to make Britain sue for peace. He believes, however, that Britain can be brought to her knees more effectively by throttling its maritime trade and bombing its cities.

Hitler writes to Mussolini declining his offer of Italian troops and aircraft for the invasion of Britain.

Hitler has said that the invasion will begin on August 5th.

Mediterranean and Arabia: Italian aircraft raid the British possessions of Malta and Aden.
The Regia Aeronautica continues its heavy raids on the Royal Navy’s Mediterranean Fleet under Admiral Cunningham as it continues its retirement from Malta towards its base Alexandria. Despite the contributions the four Sea Gladiators of HMS Eagle’s 813 Fighter Flight had made in breaking up raids on 11 July, a decision was made to rely solely on the massed AA guns of the fleet during the 14 raids on 12 July. However, as, 13 July saw the Sea Gladiators again intercepting several of the seven raids made on the fleet off Crete throughout the morning and early afternoon. In a series of sharp actions, Eagle’s Commander Flying, Commander Charles Lindsay Keighly-Peach, RN claimed one S-79 and shared another with his wingman, Lieutenant (A) L. K. Keith, RN. Later, Lt. Keith downed an S-81. Again, losses were not the whole tale, as the valiant fighters broke up several of the attacks, and the Italians were unable to obtain any hits. The day marked the end of three days of intense air activity that had seen some three hundred bombing sorties achieve but a single hit on HMS Gloucester on the 11th.(Mark Horan)


6 posted on 07/13/2010 5:14:40 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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http://worldwar2daybyday.blogspot.com/

Day 317 July 13, 1940

Battle of Britain Day 4. Göring’s strategy of Kanalkampf (Channel battles), harassing shipping and bombing coastal facilities, continues. However, coastal fog prevents flying for most of the morning. Convoy CW5 is attacked leaving Dover by German bombers. Escort destroyer HMS Vanessa is damaged by near misses and towed by destroyer HMS Griffin to Sheerness for repairs (completed November 4). Convoy “Bread” is again attacked off the Dorset coast. Hurricanes from 56 & 238 Squadrons and Spitfires of 64 Squadron respond and shoot down 6 German bombers. Several British fighters are shot down and 3 pilots are killed.

While U-boats prowl the busy sea lanes around Britain and the Mediterranean, armed merchant cruisers (surface raiders) are more effective in the wide open Ocean spaces using lookout to spot smokestacks of their victims. In the Indian Ocean 500 miles South of Ceylon, German raider Atlantis sinks British steamer Kemmendine bound for Burma filled with whisky (57 crew, 25 passengers taken prisoner). 200 miles Northeast of Antigua, raider Widder sinks British steamer King John (taking prisoner 5 crew and 21 survivors from the Panamanian ship Santa Margarita sunk by U-29 July 2). Widder now has 100 prisoners, so most are put into King John’s lifeboats & set towards the West Indies. http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/MaraudersWW2/2Atlantis.html


7 posted on 07/13/2010 5:17:31 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Battle of Britain Campaign Diary

Date: 13 July 1940


8 posted on 07/13/2010 6:26:34 AM PDT by CougarGA7
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Michael Korda, With Wings Like Eagles: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain

9 posted on 07/13/2010 6:48:56 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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