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German bombers raid Kiev
Sunday, July 13, 1941 www.onwar.com
On the Eastern Front... The German Luftwaffe bombs Kiev.
In the Baltic... Soviet naval forces consisting of destroyers and motor torpedo boats as well as bombers make a concerted effort to destroy a German convoy off the coast of Latvia. One ship is sunk.
Over Romania... Soviet bombers attack the Ploesti oilfields.
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July 13th, 1941
UNITED KINGDOM: Britain and the Soviet Union sign a mutual aid pact, providing the means for Britain to send war materiel to the Soviet Union. (Jack McKillop)
FINLAND: Germans in Lappland (Gebirgsarmee Norwegen) continues its attacks towards Murmansk. The advance bogs down soon and on 16 July Germans are forced to regroup for defence. (Mikko Härmeinen)
LITHUANIA: Efraim Zuroff is kidnapped by a hang of Lithuanians roaming the streets looking for Jews with beards to arrest. He is taken to Lukiskis Prison, the main gaol in the city, and is murdered, along with his wife and two boys. More... (Scott Peterson)
U.S.S.R.: German troops push on from Pskov.
TURKEY: Repatriated Soviet Berlin Embassy staff arrive through Bulgaria, at Svilengrad. The German embassy staff are then permitted to leave the Soviet Union. (Greg Kelley)(274 pp 337 - 338)
U.S.A.: Baseball’s New York Yankees begin a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox in Comisky Park, Chicago, Illinois. In a doubleheader, Yankee star Joe DiMaggio goes 3-for-4 in the first game against White Sox pitchers Ted Lyons and Jack Hallett. In the second game, DiMaggio hits a single off White Sox pitcher Thornton Lee thus extending his hitting streak to 53 consecutive games. (Jack McKillop)