28 Jul 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2012-06-26 17:22
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Tue, 28 Jul 1942
Fine day.
(500,000 American troops landed OK in B. Isles. Drusseldorf bombed & we lost 12 planes. German convoy (10,000 troops) sunk on way to Lybia. Stalin asked for 2nd Front. Germans captured Rostov but are being driven back with heavy losses in the North. Heavy fighting around Shanghai & Canton. 7 unidentified planes flew over HK. C. Hall ((Barbara Anslow: This may refer to Cordell Hull, the American statesman.)) states that remnants of Jap will be hunted or sunk in the in the immediate future. 2 high-ranking Jap. M.O.s have committed hare-kari. All this from BBC Sunday pm)
