1940
Caithness at War: Week 52
26 August-1 September 1940 German attacks continued on RAF fighter bases in the south east of…
Caithness at War: Week 51
19-25 August 1940 This week the Battle of Britain entered a new phase, as Goering directed the…
Caithness at War: Week 50
12-18 August 1940 On Tuesday 13 August, Germany finally launched Adlertag or “Eagle Day”, the start…
Caithness at War: Week 49
5-11 August 1940 The second phase of the Battle of Britain began on Thursday 8 August, when German…
Caithness at War: Week 48
29 July-4 August 1940 On 1 August Hitler decreed that the date for the invasion of Britain would be…
Caithness at War: Week 47
22-28 July 1940 On 23 July the Local Defence Volunteer force, or LDV, was officially renamed the…
Caithness at War: Week 46
15-21 July 1940 On 16 July, Hitler ordered his military forces to prepare for Operation Sea Lion,…
Caithness at War: Week 45
8-14 July 1940 On 10 July the Battle of Britain began, the coordinated effort by the Luftwaffe to…
Caithness at War: Week 44 John O’Groat Journal Newspaper Transcript
5 July 1940 BOMBS DROPPED ON NORTHERN TOWN Day Attack by Enemy ‘Plane Over Thirty Casualties –…