The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 16
Russia’s Plight Serious under German Pressure (Baldwin) – 17
Axis Armies Strike Toward the Volga and Caucasus Barriers (map) – 18
Chungking Sees Japan Losing the Initiative (by Harrison Forman) – 19
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 20
The New York Times Book Review
HOW WAR CAME. An American White Paper; From the Fall of France to Pearl Harbor, by Forrest Davis and Ernest K. Lindley. Reviewed by Henry Steele Commager, first-time contributor – 21-23
The Best Selling Books, Here and Elsewhere (spreadsheet) – 24
The New York Times Magazine
Mr. Miniver (by Jan Struther, first-time contributor) – 25-28
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/aug42/f30aug42.htm
Minefields slow Axis attack
Sunday, August 30, 1942 www.onwar.com
Mine exploding in the desert [photo at link]
In North Africa... Rommel runs into resistance. A final attack designed to clear the British from Egypt begins. However, British General Montgomery’s preparations make a difference. The formations have been reconstituted, the intelligence concerning the Germans’ position is better. Rommel begins the attack with his armored units, sending them through British minefields between Alam Nayil and Qaret el Himeimat. The defenses are better than expected and progress is slow. Although Rommel has been reinforced with the German 164th Division and some paratroop brigades, he is still short of supplies and has committed this attack on the promise of supplies to come.
In the Solomon Islands... At Guadalcanal, the American forces receive 18 more fighters and 12 dive bombers.