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2nd July 1942: The British House of Commons holds another 'vote of confidence' in the Prime Minister and he defends his handling of the war to date
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1 July 1942: The worst maritime disaster to befall Australia as over 1000 POWs and civilian internees drown
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30th June 1942: Illustrated example of how aircraft were now countering the U-boat menace - as a US Navy Martin PBM Mariner surprises U-158 on the…
29th June 1942: The British choose to break out to the east rather than make another stand in a port town
28th June 1942: The massed Wehrmacht and Waffen SS forces launch 'Fall Blau', heading deep into the south of Russia, ignoring Moscow
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27th June 1942: An extraordinary act of courage and determination by former Durham miner lets fellow soldiers escape the German onslaught
26th June 1942: U boats are pushed out into the Caribbean as the rich pickings of the US East coast come to an end
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How stage by stage the SS refined their methods of mass murder during the 'Holocaust by Bullets' in the second half of 1941
25th June 1942: The third and last of the '1000 bomber raids' - but casualties are mounting due to the use of crews still in training
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24th June 1942: The Wehrmacht continue to implement Hitlers order to eliminate the political officers within the ranks of the Red Army
23rd June 1942: SS officer has a proposal to make use of the 2-3 million Jews who are 'fit for work' out of the 10 million European Jews now condemned…
22nd June 1942: As RAF Bomber Command becomes an ever more potent threat the Luftwaffe respond with the 'Y system'- all part of a continuing arms race
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