Allied meeting weighs siege of Baku and Black Sea fleet
At a high level talks with Roosevelt aide Harriman and British generals, key decisions were reported as aimed at delaying Nazi advances toward Baku oil fields and protecting the Soviet Black Sea Fleet. The fleet based at Batum faces pressure as Sevastopol is lost, with defense plans outlined by Admiral Oktyarbvsky and Soviet leaders.
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Baku
Russia
Black Sea
Oktyarbvsky
Sevastopol
Novorossisk
Batum
War Week Marked by Allied Air Offensive Over Europe and Asia
The week after Pearl Harbor saw a major shift as AA-F fighter squadrons flew educational sweeps over Europe with British and Canadian pilots, American pilots faced the enemy over Egypt, and the U S waged a full scale offensive in the Pacific. Bombers struck Kiska in the Aleutians while UN forces targeted New Britain and New Guinea. In the East, Soviet defenses held, Stalingrad faced encirclement threats, and a four day Kremlin conference hosted by Stalin included Churchill and Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
W. Averill Harriman
Britain
Sir Alan Brooke
Imperial Staff
Sir Archibald Wavell
India
Russell Maxwell
U. S
Moscow
Marshal Vorolshilov
Red Army
Pearl Harbor
Europe
Egypt
Solomon Islands
South Pacific
U. S. Navy
Kiska
Aleutians
Solomons
United Nations
Australia
New Britain
New Guinea
Bay of Bengal
Burma
Japan
China
Black Sea
Caucasus
Kremlin
Stalin
Churchill
Cairo
Mussolini’s Mediterranean action and internal purge shake Italy
In a new Mediterranean clash Benito Mussolini touts a "Roman Sea" victory as a British convoy nears Malta while Axis forces pound the Straits. London reports losses but the convoy mostly survives. Back home Il Duce faces soldier reluctance and a purge removing 66,000 Fascists amid broader hints of unrest and mobilization.
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Mediterranean
Benito Mussolini
Straits of Gibraltar
Malta
Britain
Italy
Gibraltar
Straits of
Sicily
Tyrrhenian Sea
Berlin
Rome
Admiralty
London
Eagle
Benito
Mussolini
Il Duce
Occupied Europe Seethes With Allied Counteractions
In Europe Allied efforts continued amid sabotage and reprisals. A German troop train collided with a fuel train near Rotterdam, destroying dozens of cars and killing many soldiers. Nazi hostage sweeps in the Netherlands followed, with executions as reprisals. In France, an auto plant burned, a Paris labor office was bombed, canals disrupted, and a plot against Pierre Laval uncovered. A bomb hit Nazi aviators in Paris injuring 18 and killing two, prompting Maj. Gen. Oberg to order 93 executions.
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Europe
Russia
Mediterranean
Rotterdam
Friedrich Christiansen
Netherlands
France
Paris
Pierre Laval
Oberg
Hitler
Solomons Front Opens As U S Marines Land
The Solomons story marks a new front in World War II as U S Marines land on Tulagi and nearby islands in the Solomon group. Naval and ground actions unfold with ships damaged and prisoners taken, while reports from Melbourne London and Washington discuss the uncertain early phases and heavy potential casualties.
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Solomons
Solomon Islands
America
South Pacific
U.S
Tulagi
Pulagi
Florida
Guadalcanal
Melbourne
London
Washington
Australia
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Grozny
Astrakhan
Caspian
Volga
Stalingrad
Timoshenko
Leningrad
Joseph Stalin
Rostov
Admiral Oktyabrsky
Bere
Equator
Guinea
Pacific
New Zealand
New Caledonia
Kuhurm
Sot
Fae LS
ESLAG
Iborney
TE Ay v
Formosa
Sea OF
Okhotsk
Apsxohama
Paramushirg
Pacifi
Bering Sea
Islands
U.S. Navy
Kiske
James
Caroline Islands
Coral Sea
Parrshal
Auckland
Aislames
IAP
Yulegi Harbor
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