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To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; 2banana; henkster; meandog; ...
Red Army Wavers (Parker) – 2-3
Nazis Report Fall of Voroshilovsk – 3-4
War News Summarized – 3
3,000,000 in Invasion Zone Reported Moved by Nazis – 4-5
Gandhi is Branded Appeaser of Japan – 5
Text of Resolution Drafted by Gandhi – 6
The Higgins Short Cut (Krock) – 7
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 8-9
Cargo Planes-II (Baldwin) – 9
4 posted on 08/05/2012 5:39:02 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/aug42/f05aug42.htm

Germans advancing in Caucasus
Wednesday, August 5, 1942 www.onwar.com

German tank crossing the Kuban River [photo at link]

On the Eastern Front... German Army Group A continues the offensive with advances near the Kuban River.

In the Atlantic... A German U-boat pack attacks Convoy SC-94 marking a return to large scale U-boat actions in the North Atlantic. 11 ships are lost from the convoy. However, improved defensive weapons and strategies sink two U-boats and damage 4 others.


5 posted on 08/05/2012 5:40:46 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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