Voronezh in Peril (Parker) – 2
Soviet Oil Supply Held Nazi Target (first article posted by someone named Negley) – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Rommel’s Blows Weaker; British Press for Initiative – 4
U.S. Tank Group Battled in Libya – 5-6
El Alamein Called Grave of Nazi Hope (Sedgwick) – 6-7
China After Five Years (Baldwin) – 8
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 9-10
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/jul42/f07jul42.htm
Germans sink 8 ships from PQ-17
Tuesday, July 7, 1942 www.onwar.com
Merchant ship from PQ-17 sinks from German attacks [photo at link]
In the Arctic... British convoy PQ-17 on its way to Murmansk loses an additional 8 ships as a result of a controversial decision to remove escorts from the convoy due to a threat by German heavy vessels.
On the Eastern Front... The Germans recapture Voronezh. Other units of Army Group South, including 6th Army continue the drive along the Donet’s Corridor.
In the Mediterranean... British aircraft raid targets in southern Italy at Messina and Reggio Calabria. They specifically looking to destroy airfields which support the bombing at Malta.
From Washington... General Spaatz is appointed to command US air forces in Europe.