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Author Archives: secondbysecond
This week in the War, 19–25 October 1942: The Battle of El Alamein
For the Allies, there was little reason for optimism at start of 1942. By the end of the year, the situation had changed dramatically. The Americans had scored a massive naval victory at the Battle of Midway, the Russians had triumphed … Continue reading
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Tagged Afrika Korps, Egypt, El Alamein, Montgomery, Richard Doherty, Rommel
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This week in the War, 12–18 October 1942: Occupied Paris & the Diary of Helene Pitrou
Readers of French children’s literature may be familiar with Dans Paris Occupé: Journal d’Hélène Pitrou, 1940–1945, the fictional and wonderfully vivid diary of a French school girl who reports on the affairs of the day as she lives life in … Continue reading
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Tagged Dans Paris occupe, Helene Pitrou, Paule du Bouchet, Pitrou
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This week in the War, 28 Sept–4 Oct 1942: The Aleutian Islands
This week in the war, on 30 September 1942, the Japanese launched the first of a series of air raids against Adak, an island in the Aleutian chain which was and is part of Alaska and therefore US ‘home territory.’ Earlier … Continue reading
This week in the War, 21–27 September 1942: The Kokoda Trail
This week in the war, 25 September 1942, the Australians launched a counter-offensive along the Kokoda Trail, the path over the Owen Stanley mountains in Papua New Guinea, and attacked Ioribaiwa. Japanese forces were overwhelmed and, two days later, they … Continue reading
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Tagged Buna, Gona, Kokoda Track, Kokoda Trail, Owen Stanley mountains, Papua New Guinea
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This week in the War, 14–20 September 1942: Battle of Stalingrad approaches its dramatic climax
This week in the war, on 14 September 1942, infantry of von Paulus’s Sixth Army broke through the Soviet lines and into the centre of Stalingrad. The Battle of Stalingrad was approaching its climax. The following day, hundreds of Stuka … Continue reading
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Tagged Paulus, Stalingrad
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This week in the War, 7–13 September 1942: Arctic convoys
This week in the war, on 12 September 1942, U-boats and the Luftwaffe launched attacks, which continued for several days, against important Allied convoys heading through the Arctic Ocean towards Murmansk—–most notably against outbound convoy PQ18. Convoy PQ18, which was … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic convoys, HMS Duke of York, Murmansk
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This week in the War, 31 Aug–6 Sept 1942: The Battle of Alam Halfa
The Battle of Alam Halfa was fought in the Egyptian desert between 31 August and 6 September 1942. This was a defensive battle designed to blunt Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps offensive and to prepare the way for the British Eighth … Continue reading
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Tagged Alam Halfa, Egypt, Montgomery, Rommel, The Desert Fox
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This week in the War, 24–30 August 1942: Annexation of Luxembourg
This picture of Heinrich Himmler with Waffen-SS officers was taken in 1940, shortly after the German Blitzkrieg rolled over the tiny Duchy of Luxembourg (the entire country being roughly 50 miles × 35 miles in size). The capital city fell within … Continue reading
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Tagged Blitzkrieg, Himmler, Luxembourg
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This week in the War, 17–23 August 1942: The Dieppe Raid
This week in the war, in the early hours of 19 August 1942, Allied troops raided the port of Dieppe in German-occupied France. The raiding force included British and Americans but was overwhelming Canadian. Before the morning was over, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dieppe, Mountbatten
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