This Week in WWII

July 14th 1942

Among stories this week in 1942: 

  • The RAF was bombing the Renault works outside Paris.
  • Rommel was counter-attacking in the desert.
  • The German army was making progress on the Stalingrad front.
  • President Roosevelt was offering the French ships in Alexandria safe passage to an American port until the end of the war.
  • The latest casualty figures were released for civilians killed in Britain as a result of German bombing.

 

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