To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; 2banana; henkster; meandog; ...
Our Units Fight On (Peters) – 2-3
War News Summarized – 4
2 Caucasian Cities Fall, Foe Reports – 6-7
Non-Russian Citizens of the Soviet Face Thralldom as Germans Gain (Parker) – 6
General Says U.S. Plans a 2d Front – 7
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-11
The R.A.F. Mans One of Germany’s Newest Planes (photo) – 11
4 posted on
08/10/2012 5:44:08 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/aug42/f10aug42.htm
US sub sinks Japanese cruiser
Monday, August 10, 1942 www.onwar.com
In the Solomon Islands... An American submarine sinks the Japanese heavy cruiser Kako while it was returning to Rabual after the battle at Savo Island.
5 posted on
08/10/2012 5:46:47 AM PDT by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson; All
IIRC, it was many months before the Allies acknowledged the defeat at Savo. Anyone recall how long that was and the circumstances?
7 posted on
08/10/2012 10:02:20 AM PDT by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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