TODAY DURING WWII – July 30 1941 – German occupiers forbid SDAP, VDB, ARP, RKSP, CHU & SGP in Netherlands 1942 – At 4 AM, Japanese troops land on Maluku Islands, Dutch East Indies (in the Banda Sea between Timor and New Guinea) to shore up their positions North of Australia. 1942 – In the Philippines Sea 40 miles Southwest of Truk Island, US submarine USS Grenadier hits Japanese oiler San Clemente Maru with 2 torpedoes. 1942 – Eastern Front. 130 miles West of Moscow, Soviets launch attacks to eliminate the German salient at Rzhev 1942 – Case Blue - German Panzers continue their charge into the Caucasus across the flat terrain South of the River Don, while Paulus’s 6th Army struggles to make progress against Soviet 62nd and 64th Armies on the West bank of the Don Bend. 1943 – The worlds first jet-powered bomber airplane, the German Arado Ar 234, made its first flight. 1945 – Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 08:14:57 +0000
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