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17 July 1942
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
6 of 346 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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U.K.
Gen Marshall, Adm King, and Harry Hopkins arrive in England to urge that SLEDGEHAMMER be undertaken in 1942.
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First Battle of El Alamein
In early August, Winston Churchill and General Sir Alan Brooke, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), visited Cairo on their way to meet Joseph Stalin in Moscow.
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Kampfwaffe (bomber force) was the hardest hit, having only 232 out of an original force of 480 left.
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Battle of Stalingrad
In October 1942, a Soviet war correspondent remarked that "A city of peace has become a city of war.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 7 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1942-07-17, flown by USAAF 9th Air Force. Targets included LIBYA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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