8 May 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Fri, 8 May 1942
Cookhouse all day.
Finer.
Italian negotiations still going on & some warships of theirs surrendered at Alexandria.
Three German towns wiped out & three Jap towns bombed. Japs protest to Russians re allowing USA to use Vladivostock as airbase, Russians reply “Come & stop them”.
Jap games (?) in Burma cost them severe losses in men etc.
20,000 French come over to British in Madagascar.
B.E.F. hold a line in France. Vichy French attack their rear.
