British naval units reported to have torpedoed German transport
off Skagen on
3
September 1940.
Stockholm reported that between
18-
26
August 1940 six German merchant ships were sunk off Norway.
The British Admiralty announced that the minesweeping trawler
HMS Rcfyalo had been sunk. It was reported that British liner
Avoceta had fought battler with a U-boat off Portuguese coast.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) bombed Calais and Boulogne
During night they penetrated German territory as far as Stettin
where synthetic oil plant was bombed Other forces started
fires amongst military stores in Harz Mts.Thuringian Forest
and Black Forest. Attacks also made on power station and aircraft
factory at Berlin, oil stocks at Magdcburg, goods yards at
Nienburg, aerodromes in France and Belgium.
Aircraft of Coastal Command attacked oil tanks at Cherbourg
and docks at Terneuzen.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) carried out sustained and
successful raids on all principal . aerodromes in Eastern
Libya. Bombers of South African Air Force (SAAF) raided Javcllo.
ln morning two forces of Luftwaffe aircraft attempted to bomb
aerodromes in Kent and Essex, but were driven off. Later other
formations crossed Southeast coast, some of which penetrated
our defences. Bombs were dropped on a Medway town and in scattered
areas in Southeast.
During a night raid on London, antiaircraft defences put up
heavy barrage. Scattered raids. over the country. Most casualties
occurred in two towns in Northeast and one in South West.
Fifty-four Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed. 17 British fighters
brought down, but pilots of twelve safe.
Guns fired across the Channel from Dover.
Premier, M. Gigurtu, and his Cabinet resigned. King Carol
requested General Antonescu, former Minister of National Defence
and Chief of Staff, to form new Government.
Danzig
Hospital ship
Commissioned 4 September 1940
M29 Minesweeper
Commissioned 4 September 1940
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
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2194 Days Of War.
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