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Reich Troops Gain – 2-3
The International Situation – 3
Smolensk Passed, Germany Asserts – 4-5
7 Nazi Troop Craft Victims of British – 5
Soviet Tanks Take to the Water (photo) – 5
Royal Air Force Wings Overhead and Destruction Below (photos) – 6
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 7
Red Army Heroes Hailed – 8
Bomb-Taming Peer Honored in Death – 8

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/jul41/f19jul41.htm

BBC offers “V for victory”

Saturday, July 19, 1941 www.onwar.com

From London.. At midnight there is a BBC broadcast by “Colonel Britton” urging the creation of resistance forces with the slogan “V for Victory.” The BBC has been introducing programs to Europe with the Mose signal for V for some time. Following this resistance members paint V signs on walls and German posters and it becomes a symbol for all Western European resistance movements.

On the Eastern Front... Guderian receives orders that after the Smolensk battle is over he is to move his force south to join the Kiev battle. This proposal is very much Hitler’s idea. Guderian objects strongly, arguing that it will be far better to continue the attack toward Moscow.

In the North Atlantic... The United States Atlantic Fleet forms TF-1 for the protection of the American forces on Iceland and support for convoys bound there. The carrier Wasp flies a cargo of P-40 fighters to the island. A naval buildup begins. The US Navy has instructions to provide escorts for ships of any nationality sailing to and from Iceland.

In Tokyo... In line with the Imperial Conference decision of July 2nd, the Japanese present an ultimatum to the representatives of the Vichy French government demanding bases southern Indochina.

Headline, top of the fold, middle of page:

"New Tokyo Cabinet Expected to Ease its Ties with Axis
"Toyoda Succeeds Matsuoka -- Change seen as Improving Relations with US
"WARTIME UNITY IS SOUGHT
"But statements by Members do not Indicate Shift in Basic Japanese Aims"

In fact, the Japanese were still hoping to negotiate peace -- on their own terms, of course -- while preparing to attack Pearl Harbor.
So this article is not ironically off-base.

We should also note here the NY Times article from July 17, which speculates on Japanese troop movements possibly aimed at Siberia:

Among US leaders who took such reports seriously were Admirals Kimmel and General Short, in Hawaii.