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USAAF's first raid into Occupied Europe
17th August 1942: The first step in a bombing campaign by a force that would now rapidly expand to wreak devastation on German targets across Europe
Aug 17
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Churchill and Stalin
16th August 1942: Churchill concludes his first meeting with the Soviet dictator in the Kremlin with drinks late into the night
Aug 16
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Inspecting the gas chambers
18th August 1942: A German eyewitness account of the final moments of thousands of men, women and children
Aug 15
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The Fall of Singapore
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Evidence of Mass Murder
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American forces surrender on Bataan
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The Rzhev 'Meat Grinder'
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USAAF arrive in England
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Manchester bomber 'fails to return'
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Montgomery orders 'no retreat'
15th August 1942: The new commander of the British Eighth Army officially takes over - but he has already begun a transformation in outlook
Aug 15
'On The Eastern Front At Seventeen'
An excerpt from a newly translated memoir of a Red Army soldier who just managed to survive the German attack into the Caucasus in August 1942
Aug 14
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The battle to save the SS Ohio
14th August 1942: One of the five surviving merchant ships from Operation Pedestal completes the last leg of the journey
Aug 14
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Attacks on Pedestal intensify
13th August 1942: After a series of attacks during the course of 12th August there is no respite overnight and into the next day as the convoy makes for…
Aug 13
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Pedestal under continuous attack
12th August 1942: The convoy and her escort ships take further casualties as they plough on towards Malta
Aug 12
HMS Eagle sunk
11th August 1942: Dramatic account of surviving the sinking of the aircraft carrier on the first day of Operation Pedestal
Aug 11
Operation Pedestal gets underway
10th August 1942: The Royal Navy mounts its largest ever convoy escort operation, determined to get essential fuel and munitions across the…
Aug 10
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Germans reach the Soviet oilfields
9th August 1942: Hitler's decision to split Army Group South and make a rapid thrust to the oilfields of the Caucasus seems to be paying off
Aug 9
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The Fall of Singapore
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Evidence of Mass Murder
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American forces surrender on Bataan
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The Rzhev 'Meat Grinder'
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USAAF arrive in England
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Manchester bomber 'fails to return'
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