Stans Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 This Day in WWII 07-16-1940 - 1945 Hero Audie Murphy 1940: Destroyer Imogen sinks in Pentland Firth after collision in fog. 1940: Hitler issues Directive No.16, orders for the planning of 'Operation Sealion', the invasion of Britain. Twenty divisions are earmarked for the invasion, but the Luftwaffe must gain air superiority first. All plans are to be ready by mid-August. 1940: Japanese Cabinet resigns under army pressure. 1941: Army Group South traps 20 Russians divisions in a pocket at Uman. 1942: 12,887 Jews of Paris are rounded up and sent to Drancy Internment Camp located outside the city. 1943: Canadians forces take Caltagirone, 40 miles inland from Syracuse. The Americans take Agringento, before beginning their drive for Palermo. The British finally secure Primosole bridge and Montgomery advances on Catania. 1944: The Brody pocket begins to form in the northern Ukraine, trapping 40,000 German troops. 1944: The Eighth Army captures Arezzo and reaches the Arno river. 1945: At 5.30 am, the first atomic bomb is exploded at a test site in Los Alamos, USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts