[Homer_J_Simpson]

Heart of City Hit – 2
The International Situation – 3
400,000 by Jan. 1 – 4
Two More Steps in the Building of a Two-Ocean Navy (photo) – 5
Ports Fired Anew – 6
Secrecy in Berlin Hits at Surprise – 6-7
Goering Reported on London Flight – 7
British Engage Foe in Egyptian Battle – 8
French Ships Seen Acting on ‘Revolt’ – 8
Willkie Predicts Dictatorship Here if Roosevelt Wins – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 10-11
Swiss are Anxious over Vichy Parley – 11

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/sep40/f17sep40.htm

RAF strikes German invasion fleet

Tuesday, September 17, 1940 www.onwar.com

Over Occupied France... The German invasion flotillas are attacked during the night by RAF Bomber Command and a fair degree of damage is done.

In Berlin... Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion until further notice. Meanwhile, General Paulus, the Deputy Chief of the Army General Staff, presents a further plan for the attack on the Soviet Union. This version envisages three thrusts for Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev, but the emphasis is still on the central advance to the Soviet capital. Further consideration over the coming weeks confirms to the General Staff that this priority is correct.

Over Britain... The German night attacks include a raid on Clydeside in which the cruiser Sussex is damaged.

[henkster]

I scanned the map of Egypt and didn’t see a small coastal town about 60 miles west of Alexandria....