Split Second Timing Reconstructs Dieppe Raid
Admiral Yates Stirling Jr. analyzes the Dieppe raid detailing split second timing, naval air and ground cooperation, and staff work. He cites aims to test defenses, pressure the Russian front, and boost Allied morale while signaling capability for larger raids on the European coast.
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Yates Stirling, Jr
United Press
Dieppe Carrie
Dover
United Nations
Dieppe
French Mistakenly Report Raids by Texas Rangers on Dieppe
French officials and diplomats were stirred by reports that Texas Rangers landed at Dieppe with Allied raiders. London radio broadcasts fed the speculation, though details remained unclear and unconfirmed by allied commands.
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Vichy
Dieppe
London
Partici
French leader meets Darlan after Petain talks
Chief-of-Government Pierre Laval conferred with Admiral Jean Darlan after an interview with Marshal Petain. Petain then discussed with Charles Rochat, general secretary of the foreign affairs ministry, as authorities monitor reports from Germany and Britain. The wages and hours law bans employing children under 16 in inter state industrial facilities.
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Pierre Laval
Jean Darlan
Philippe Petain
Petain
Charles Rochat
Foreign Affairs Ministry
Yanks Pound Jap Naval Forces in Area of Solomons
American B 17s and other bombers from MacArthur’s forces struck Japanese naval forces northeast of the Solomons, attacking ships off Faisi island with unknown results as air power again enters the Solomons battle. Canberra cruiser sunk. 193 officers and men of Canberra’s 816 crew listed as casualties.
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United Nations
Solomons
Melbourne
Douglas MacArthur
Solomon Islands
Faisi
MacArthur
Australia
Robert Lee Ghormley
Hudson
Timor
Canberra
U. S
Ghormey
Ten Americans Die From Wounds in Pacific Action
Captain Frank Edmund Getting of Sydney led the Canberra on the Southwestern Pacific naval command acting under Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary. He was among ten known to have died of wounds sustained in combat.
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Frank Edmund Getting
Sydney
Australia
U. S
Herbert F. Leary
California's First Newspaper Precedes Statehood Split
The Californian, Monterrey founded in 1846, showcased a bilingual print with half English and half Spanish, marking early California journalism style before statehood.
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The
Californian
Monterrey
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