08 Jul 1942
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Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Ambon, Molucca Islands.
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08 Jul 1942
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In southern Russia and Ukraine, 4.Panzearmee began to push down the Don River, attempting to meet with 6.Armee coming from Kharkov; meanwhile, 1.Panzerarmee crossed the Donets River.
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08 Jul 1942
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Winston Churchill urged Franklin Roosevelt to agree to Operation Gymnast, a plan to jointly invade North Africa, since "o responsible British general, admiral, or air marshal is prepared to recommend as a practicable operation in 1942."
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08 Jul 1942
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Japanese carrier task force withdrew from Alaskan waters after the completion of the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian islands.
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08 Jul 1942
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British General Claude Auchinleck ordered an attack on Tel el Eisa and Tel el Makh Khad near El Alamein, Egypt.
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08 Jul 1942
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Chester Nimitz issued the final plan for the lower Solomon Islands offensive scheduled to be launhed in Aug 1942.
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08 Jul 1942
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Survivors of German submarine U-701, sunk by a US Hudson aircraft on the previous day off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States, spotted American aircraft and ships in search of them.
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08 Jul 1942
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Japanese submarine I-10 sank British ship Hartismere in the Mozambique Channel at 0748 hours; all aboard survived. I-10 struck again at 1800 hours, sinking Dutch freighter Alchiba in the same area, killing 5.
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08 Jul 1942
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USS S-37 sank Japanese transport Tenzan Maru 20 miles northwest of Rabaul, New Britain.
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08 Jul 1942
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German submarine U-255 sank US ship Olopana of Allied convoy PQ-17 at 0100 hours; 7 were killed, 34 survived).
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08 Jul 1942
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USS S-43 departed Brisbane, Australia with RAAF Flight Officer Cecil John Trevelyan Mason aboard for New Ireland.
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08 Jul 1942
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Before dawn, 30 Soviet patrol boats and torpedo boats disembarked troops on the island of Someri, Finland, immediately engaging the Finnish garrison on the island. After daybreak, Finnish gunboats and torpedo boats arrived, sinking three Soviet torpedo boats.
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08 Jul 1942
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285 British bombers (137 Wellington, 52 Lancaster, 38 Halifax, 34 Stirling, 24 Hampden) attacked the docks at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, causing little or no damage to the docks, killing 25 civilians, and wounding 170; 5 bombers were lost on this mission.
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08 Jul 1942
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Axis convoy Siena departed Suda Bay, Crete, Greece; it was consisted of 5 freighters, Italian destroyer Mitragliere, German destroyer ZG-3, Italian torpedo boat Sirio, Italian torpedo boat Cassiopea, German submarine chaser UJ-2104, and German submarine chaser UJ-2107.
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08 Jul 1942
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Valetta harbor, Malta was attacked by air.
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08 Jul 1942
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Soviet submarine ShCh-317 sank German ship Otto Cords 10 miles off of the Swedish coast.
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08 Jul 1942
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The eight German saboteurs captured in the United States during the past several weeks were placed on trial before a special military commission at the Department of Justice in Washington DC, United States.
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08 Jul 1942
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German submarine U-571 damaged US tanker J. A. Moffett, Jr. 4 miles off of the Florida Keys, Florida, United States at 0616 hours, killing 1 of 42 aboard; the tanker ran aground to prevent sinking, but she would later be declared a total loss.
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