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NAZIS AGAIN RAID LONDON BY NIGHT; R.A.F. BOMBERS SET HAVRE AFIRE (9/20/40)
Microfiche-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 9/20/40 | Raymond Daniell, James MacDonald, Joseph M. Levy, Hanson W. Baldwin

Posted on 09/20/2010 5:02:47 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 .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile.
1 posted on 09/20/2010 5:02:52 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
German Fighter Range and British Radar Deployment
Marcks’ Plan, August 5, 1940
The Mediterranean Basin (Map 33)
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

Plus a special guest map from Michael Korda’s, “With Wings Like Eagles,” showing the air defenses of England and Wales, August 1940.

2 posted on 09/20/2010 5:03:38 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; ...
Huge Bombs Fall – 2-3
Storm Helps R.A.F. Block Invasion – 3
The International Situation – 4
2 Army Fliers Die in Training Crash – 4
Italians in Egypt Shelled from Sea – 5-6
The Egyptian Terrain – 6
Roosevelt Passes Willkie in Survey – 10
How Nominees Stand – 10
Palestine Increases Production of Food – 10
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 11
3 posted on 09/20/2010 5:04:54 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Shouldn’t this be in Breaking News? :)


4 posted on 09/20/2010 5:08:24 AM PDT by F. dAnconia (We say: "It is, therefore, I want it. They say: "I want it, therefore it is")
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/sep40/f20sep40.htm

Convoy attackers go undetected

Friday, September 20, 1940 www.onwar.com

In the North Atlantic... The convoy HX-72 is successfully attacked by a U-boat group over the course of a three day period. Altogether 12 ships of 78,000 tons are sunk, seven of them during the night of September 21-22 by Schepke’s U-100 without him even being detected by the convoy escorts.


5 posted on 09/20/2010 5:17:13 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/20.htm

September 20th, 1940

UNITED KINGDOM:
RAF Bomber Command: 4 Group (Whitley). Bombing - marshalling yards at Hamm - Flushing Docks- industrial targets at Brussels, Krefeld, Mannheim and Osnabruck.

10 Sqn. Ten aircraft to Hamm. All bombed, four damaged by Flak.

58 Sqn. Three aircraft to Osnabruck. All bombed. Two aircraft to Mannheim, both bombed. One aircraft to Flushing. Bombed.

77 Sqn. Seven aircraft to Krefeld, Brussels and Flushing. All bombed.

Battle of Britain:

Heavy fighter sweeps towards London lead to dogfights, the outcome favouring the Luftwaffe more than usual. At night London is bombed, along with Bath and targets in the Gloucester and Bristol areas.

Losses: Luftwaffe, 7; RAF, 7.

ATLANTIC: The Australian cruiser HMAS Australia intercepts the French cruiser Gloire, which is sailing from Casablanca to Dakar, French West Africa. The French ship is forced to return to Casablanca. (Jack McKillop)

CANADA: The third group of 6 “overage” destroyers being transferred to the RN in the destroyers-for-bases agreement arrive at Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Jack McKillop)

CHINA: The Chinese Eighth Route Army attacks Japanese lines, launching the second phase of a Communist “Hundred Regiments Offensive.”


6 posted on 09/20/2010 5:19:00 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

http://worldwar2daybyday.blogspot.com/

Day 386 September 20, 1940

Battle of Britain Day 73. Despite fine weather, there are only reconnaissance flights until 11 AM when 100+ Messerschmitt Bf109 fighters cross the Channel, in 3 waves, and converge on London. 15 squadrons of Spitfires and Hurricanes engage the Bf109s. The German fighters do not have to protect any bombers. They fare much better in these dogfights than usual and only 2 are shot down while RAF loses 7 fighters (4 pilots killed). In addition, Sgt. C.V. Meeson is killed when his Hurricane crashes during formation flying practice. London is bombed again overnight.

Between 9.20 and 9.26 PM, U-138 fires 3 torpedoes at convoy OB-216 and hits 3 ships 10 miles North of Malin Head, Ireland. Yugoslavian collier Boka, carrying coal from Wales to Sierra Leone, sinks (8 killed 26 survivors). British passenger liner SS City of Simla also sinks (1 crew and 2 passengers lost, 182 crew and 165 passengers rescued). British whale factory ship New Sevilla is hit (2 crew lost, 282 rescued) and taken in tow, but sinks the next day. http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/534.html http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/533.html http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/535.html

In the Red Sea, Italian aircraft attack Convoy BN-5 which is also being hunted by Italian Navy destroyers and submarines. British SS Bhima is damaged by near misses and will be towed to Aden and beached. Escort cruiser HMS Leander (New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy) is unsuccessfully attacked. 1 Italian bomber is shot down.

In the Indian Ocean halfway between Madagascar and Australia, German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis reluctantly sinks empty French passenger liner Commissaire Ramel carrying a cargo of steel, wheat, soap, leather and fruit (3 crew killed). 63 crew, mostly Australians, are added to the prisoners on board Atlantis. Fregattenkapitän Rogge would prefer to transfer his 230 prisoners to the liner and send her home as a prize ship. Royal Navy forms hunter group to locate Atlantis, composed of Royal Australian Navy cruiser HMAS Canberra and armed merchant cruiser Westralia as well as British cruisers HMS Capetown and Durban. http://www.bismarck-class.dk/hilfskreuzer/atlantis.html


7 posted on 09/20/2010 5:20:31 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

The 1941 Lincoln’s look great in that ad.


8 posted on 09/20/2010 5:54:26 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Coexist; (when possible.) At all other times, have superior firepower.)
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no price ? wonder if they were over a g note


9 posted on 09/20/2010 6:17:02 AM PDT by Tank-FL (Keep the Faith - Congratulations - Albert - your Old Corps Now!-)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Battle of Britain Campaign Diary

Date: 20th September 1940


10 posted on 09/20/2010 7:00:43 AM PDT by CougarGA7 (It take a village to raise an idiot.)
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To: Tank-FL; Homer_J_Simpson

In addition to the historical articles, I love the random ads that Homer includes in these threads.

A V-12 Ford motor under the hood of that Lincoln? I’ll bet it does have plenty of “get up & go.” A pity that we didn’t develop the V-12; soon the V-8 will be the standard. I think only the Jaguars will continue with V-12s as production engines.

Oh, and if you care about the sticker price, you don’t belong in a Lincoln showroom in the first place.


11 posted on 09/20/2010 7:13:50 AM PDT by henkster (A broken government does not merit full faith and credit.)
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I love the random ads that Homer includes in these threads.

I must confess the car ads are not random. When I saw the new models being unveiled in the big spreads I thought folks might get a kick out of them so I started collecting them for the different manufacurers. The Lincoln ad is #3 or 4 I think. There will be a few more.

12 posted on 09/20/2010 9:01:52 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: henkster; Homer_J_Simpson

Now I have that Johnny Cash song stuck in my head.


13 posted on 09/20/2010 1:37:20 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (It take a village to raise an idiot.)
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I see two more members of Murder Inc. have gotten sentenced today too. Looks like they are going to get to ride the lightning.


14 posted on 09/20/2010 1:44:37 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (It take a village to raise an idiot.)
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"Roosevelt Passes Willkie in Survey – 10"

Again worth noting that 11 states of the Old Confederacy -- which combined account for half the electoral college vote he needs -- are giving Roosevelt their support by an average margin of 80% to 20%.

The Deep South is going for FDR by 87% on average.

By contrast, Wilkie's support all comes from northern and mid-western states.

One can only wonder: what was it our normally conservative, patriotic and anti-big government Southerners saw and liked in a New York elitist like Franklin Roosevelt?

15 posted on 09/22/2010 10:09:19 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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