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Convoy is Largest (Post) – 2
Battle is Fiercer (Parker) – 3-4
War News Summarized – 4
Warships and Planes Blast U-Boats Out of Convoy Path (by John A. Moroso 3d, first-time contributor) – 5
R.A.F. Torpedoes the Prinz Eugen (Daniell) – 6
Hungarian Terror of Serbs Charged – 7
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 8-9
4 posted on 05/19/2012 5:08:52 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/may42/f19may42.htm

Germans counterattack in Ukraine
Tuesday, May 19, 1942 www.onwar.com

German infantryman on the offensive near Kharkov [photo at link]

On the Eastern Front... German Army Group South, after fierce resistance to the Soviet offensive in the area for several days, mount a major counteroffensive near Kharkov, in the Ukraine.


5 posted on 05/19/2012 5:10:32 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

From the BBC, 5/19/42:

http://ia601200.us.archive.org/0/items/1942RadioNews/1942-05-19-BBC-Nightingales-and-Bombers.mp3

“Nightingales and Bombers”

Listen, and you can hear them flying over.


11 posted on 05/19/2012 8:55:08 AM PDT by Peter W. Kessler (Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
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