1942
Caithness at War: Week 156
24-30 August 1942 The German air force bombed the city of Stalingrad this week as German forces…
Caithness at War: Week 155
17-23 August 1942 With American forces now occupying part of Guadalcanal Island in the Pacific, the…
Caithness at War: Week 154
10-16 August 1942 In the Western Desert General Bernard Montgomery took over as the new commander…
Caithness at War: Week 153
3-9 August 1942 In Russia, Soviet counterattacks were slowing the advance of the German Sixth Army,…
Caithness at War: Week 152
27 July-2 August 1942 The First Battle of El Alamein officially came to an end on 31 July when the…
Caithness at War: Week 151
20-26 July 1942 The British launched a series of attacks on Rommel’s defences in the Western Desert…
Caithness at War: Week 150
13-19 July 1942 In the Western Desert German and Italian and British and Commonwealth forces faced…
Caithness at War: Week 149
6-12 July 1942 In the Western Desert Rommel had broken off his attack on El Alamein and his army,…
Caithness at War: Week 148
29 June-5 July 1942 On 1 July Rommel launched an attack on the British defences at El Alamein. The…