MaritimeQuest - Daily Event for July 7, 1941

World War II As It Happened

A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation

Monday, July 7, 1941
Day 676

July 7, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.

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Note the headline report: "Nazis Lose Two Destroyers in Riga Gulf Battle"

(The Russians claim to have sunk two destroyers and a submarine. This was a complete fabrication. No German warships were sunk on or near this date and there were no U-boats lost in the whole month of July 1941.)

Also note the report in column 4: "Nazis Murder the Kiddies"

(The Russians claim that the Germans are committing cruelties which were beyond description in the Lwow area of Ukraine. This was probably the work of the Einsatzgruppen. The complete unreliability of the Russians probably diminished this report in the eyes of the public, so I am not sure how many people believed it.)

Also note the report in column 3: "Peru Bombs Four Towns"

July 7, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.

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July 7, 1941: Front page of The Evening News And Southern Daily Mail, Portsmouth and Southsea, England.

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Note the report in column 5: "Soviet Appeal To Nazis"

July 7, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.

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Note the report at top center: "Blenheims Sink Four Patrol Ships, Hit Four Others"

(The British Air Ministry now providing unreliable and untrue information to the media and the public. I can find no record of any German warships being sunk by British aircraft on or about this date.)

Also note the report in column 3: "German Bishops Attack Nazis"

July 7, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.

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July 7, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

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Note the report and photo in column 2: "British Submarine Sinks Italian 10,000-Ton Cruiser in Mediterranean"

(This time it was the Admiralty spreading disinformation. No Italian cruisers were sunk on or about this date. The Italian cruiser Gorizia, which was named in the report, was not sunk until June 26, 1944.)

July 7, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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July 7, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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July 7, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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July 7, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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July 7, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.

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July 7, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.

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Note the report in column 4: "1,000,000 Casualties Suffered by Reich, Moscow Says"

More unreliable information from Stalin and the Russians. However, according to Wikipedia the facts are as follows;

From June 22, 1941 until Dec. 5, 1941;

German casualties;
186,542 killed
40,157 missing
655,179 wounded.

Russian casualties;
566852 killed
235,339 died of non-combat causes.
1,336,147 sick or wounded in combat and non-combat.
2,335,482 missing or captured.

Add to that;
Romanian casualties: 39,000 dead and missing, 75,000 wounded.
Italian casualties: 8,700 killed and wounded.
Finnish casualties: 5,000 Killed and wounded.
Hungarian casualties: 4,420 Killed and wounded.

Material losses were;
Germany: 2,827 aircraft and 2,735 tanks.
Russia: 21,200 aircraft and 20,500 tanks.