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German submarine U-277 sunk with all hands off Bear Island
The Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference opens in London
It is announced that British Special Forces have captured General Kreipe on Crete
A military mission from Tito arrives in London
US Battleships bombard Ponape
Colonel General Erhard Raus takes command of First Panzer Army
Colonel General Josef Harpe takes command of Fourth Panzer Army
Hitler's Panzer Armies on the Eastern Front, Robert Kirchubel. A 'unit history' written on the largest scale, tracing the campaigns fought by the four Panzer Armies on the Eastern Front, from their roles in the early German victories, to their eventual defeat and destruction in the ruins of the Reich. A very useful contribution to the literature on the Eastern Front. [read full review]
