1942
Caithness at War: Week 174
28 December 1942-3 January 1943 On 28 December the Vichy French commander surrendered Somaliland to…
Caithness at War: Week 173
21-27 December 1942 The German attempt to break through Soviet lines to relieve the trapped Sixth…
Caithness at War: Week 172
14-20 December 1942 After initial success, the German offensive to relieve Stalingrad ran into…
Caithness at War: Week 171
7-13 December 1942 In the Western Desert Rommel had retreated all the way to El Agheira in Libya…
Caithness at War: Week 170
30 November-6 December 1942 On 2 December, Enrico Fermi and Arthur Compton achieved the world’s…
Caithness at War: Week 169
23-29 November 1942 The Germans were now completely cut off at Stalingrad, under siege from the…
Caithness at War: Week 168
16-22 November 1942 On 19 November Soviet troops launched a massive offensive, Operation Uranus,…
Caithness at War: Week 167
9-15 November 1942 On 11 November the Germans made one last attempt to break through the Soviet…
Caithness at War: Week 166
2-8 November 1942 In Stalingrad the Germans were digging in for the coming winter; but the…