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Germans attacking Staraya Russa
Saturday, August 2, 1941 www.onwar.com
On the Eastern Front... The German forces in the north being to attack Staraya Russa just south of Lake Ilmen on the right of their drive toward Leningrad.
In the United States... Lend-Lease aid begins to be sent to the Soviet Union.
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August 2nd, 1941
UNITED KINGDOM: Submarine HMS P-48 laid down.
Minesweeper HMS Tadoussac, Wedgeport launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
GERMANY: U-154 commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.S.R.: German forces attack Staraya Russa, south of Lake Ilmen, in their drive toward Leningrad.
US Lend-Lease aid begins for the Soviet Union.
Soviet submarine S-11 of the Baltic Fleet is mined off Soelavain Bay and sunk in the Soela Vain Channel. (Mike Yared)(146 and 147)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Italian submarine Tembien rammed and sunk off Tunis by light
cruiser HMS Hermione. (Dave Shirlaw)
CANADA: AMC HMCS Prince Henry departed Halifax for Esquimalt.
Minesweeper HMCS Courtenay launched Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
Minesweeper HMCS Minas commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.A.: The first Packard built Rolls Royce Merlin V-1650 aircraft engine is completed. (Jack McKillop)
Light cruiser USS Miami laid down.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and his cabinet have a long discussion in a cabinet meeting concerning “ways and means to sell directly or indirectly” 50 to 60 overage destroyers to the British. Everyone agrees “that the survival of the British Isles under German attack might very possibly depend on their (the British) getting these destroyers.” Everyone also agrees that legislation to permit the sale of these ships is necessary. (Dave Shirlaw)