Donster Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 1940: The Luftwaffe launches a major raid against Birmingham, inflicting heavy damage in places. 1940: Greek successes continue in northern Greece and Albania. The Italians are driven back across the Kalamas River. 1941: Times report on Occupied Europe estimates 82,000 Poles shot or hanged since occupation by the Germans. 1941: The cruiser HMAS Sydney and German raider Kormoran sink each other off Western Australia. There are no survivors from HMAS Sydney. 1942: Two RAF Horsa gliders carrying 34 British Royal Engineer Commandos, crashes in Norway en route to their mission of destroying the German ‘heavy water’ plant at Telemark. The survivors are captured by the Germans, questioned, tortured and shot, although they were all in uniform. 1942: The Red Army opens its winter offensive with a pincer movement round Stalingrad with the aim of encircling and destroying the German forces fighting in Stalingrad. The initial attacks by the Soviet 5th Tank Army from the north and the 51st Army from the south are directed against the exposed rear flanks of 6th Army and 4th Panzer Army held by the Rumanian 3rd and 4th Army's which are overrun and scattered. Russian gains in Caucasus are also announced. 1942: British engage a German tank column only 30 miles from Tunis. 1944: The U.S. 95th Division fights its way into the suburbs of Metz. The French 1st Armoured Division reaches the Rhine. 1944: The RAF's destruction of Drina bridge at Visegrad, causes an 85-mile German traffic jam in Yugoslavia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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