@SecondWWlive

Currently in 1942, tweeting day by day of news from the Second World War as well as other current events as they happened. 🇺🇲 Austin Warren

 California, USA
Joined August 2022
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Japanese engineers hack a narrow trail through Guadalcanal’s dense jungle, preparing a surprise approach against US Marine positions. Their aim is to drive the Americans from the island and regain control of the strategic Solomon Islands.
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Japanese General Masao Maruyama leads around 10,000 troops, nicknamed the "Emperor's Own" through Guadalcanal’s dense jungle, advancing along a narrow trail to attack US Marine positions.
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Stalingrad's Tractor Factor is now in German hands.
Second World War tweets from 1941
@RealTimeWWII19 Oct 2020
German forces have captured Stalingrad's Tractor Factory (now almost totally ruined), gaining a crucial strongpoint in the north of the city. New York Times map shows Red Army pushed to the edge of the Volga:
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The British government condemns Hitler’s order to execute captured Allied commandos as a Nazi war crime, warning that those responsible will face “summary justice” in retaliation for the killings.
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Hitler issues the “Commando Order”, directing German forces to execute Allied commandos captured behind enemy lines, even if they are wearing uniform. The order explicitly demands that they be killed rather than treated as prisoners of war, in violation of the laws of war.
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Adolf Hitler: "Sabotage & terror troops of the British & their accomplices, who act not as soldiers but as bandits, will be ruthlessly eliminated." Read more of secret German order:
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Hitler is enraged by reports that British commandos have bound German captives during raids and possibly shot those attempting to escape. In retaliation, Germany shackles 1,376 Allied POWs. Canada responds in kind, placing German prisoners in shackles.
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Britain launches a clothing austerity campaign to save fabric for the war effort. Women are encouraged to shorten hemlines, wear narrower skirts and make do with less material as wartime rationing reshapes everyday fashion.
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British brides are urged to abandon elaborate pre-war wedding gowns to conserve fabric for military uniforms. Instead, they are encouraged to follow a new “austerity wedding pattern”, bringing even wedding-day fashion under wartime restrictions.
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The German army has broken through at Stalingrad.
Second World War tweets from 1941
@RealTimeWWII16 Oct 2020
With a spearhead of over 100 tanks, Wehrmacht have finally smashed through Red Army's defence of Stalingrad's northern factories:
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German forces press their assault in Stalingrad, encircling Soviet regiments still holding out among the ruins. Despite being trapped, the defenders refuse to yield. One Soviet unit radios back: “Ammunition & water are sufficient. Death before surrender!”
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Hitler orders General Friedrich Paulus to eliminate the last Soviet defenders in Stalingrad. With German forces already stretched across the Eastern Front, the Führer's growing fixation on capturing the city drives the campaign deeper into a costly battle of attrition.
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British forces launch Operation Bertram in Egypt, an elaborate deception plan designed to mislead Rommel about the coming offensive at El Alamein. Dummy tanks, fake supply dumps and other decoys are used to disguise Allied strength and intentions.
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As part of Operation Bertram, the British deploy fake tanks built from wood and canvas in southern Egypt. Meanwhile, real tanks head north disguised as ordinary trucks, helping conceal where the Allies intend to strike at El Alamein.
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British tanks are hidden beneath “Sunshield” frames to fool German aerial reconnaissance. Fuel stocks for the coming offensive are concealed in old trenches, masking the scale of the Allied preparations at El Alamein.
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In Bosnia, Italian-backed Chetnik forces under Petar Baćović massacre over 500 Croat and Muslim civilians in the Prozor area. Numerous villages are burned down in reprisal for allegedly harboring communist Partisans
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Japanese battleships Kongō and Haruna opened fire on Guadalcanal. For 80 minutes, 14-inch shells rained down on Henderson Field, smashing aircraft, fuel dumps and American positions. And the Marines on the ground, there was nowhere to hide.
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German submarine U-69 strikes the Canadian passenger ferry SS Caribou in the Gulf of St. Lawrence as she carries civilians between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. The sinking kills 137 people, bringing the U-boat war into Canadian coastal waters.
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German forces prepare to assault Stalingrad's giant tractor factory, once converted to produce tanks and now transformed into a heavily defended Red Army stronghold. The battle for the city's industrial heart continues.
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German supply lines across the Soviet Union are stretched to breaking point, troops are exhausted and winter is closing in. Hitler orders most offensives halted for the year, but insists that the drive to capture Stalingrad must continue.
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