1941
Caithness at War: Week 104
25-31 August 1941 In northern Russia, German and Finnish forces closed in on the city of Leningrad,…
Caithness at War: Week 103
18-24 August 1941 This week, German forces continued to advance on Leningrad in northern Russia,…
Caithness at War: Week 102
11-17 August 1941 On 14 August Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt signed the Atlantic…
Caithness at War: Week 101
4-10 August 1941 This week German forces in Russia finally eradicated the “Smolensk pocket”,…
Caithness at War: Week 100
28 July-3 August 1941 This week, German forces closed in on Smolensk in central Russia. On 31 July…
Caithness at War: Week 99
21-27 July 1941 On 22 July, with their supply lines stretched to breaking point, the Germans were…
Caithness at War: Week 98
14-20 July 1941 German forces reached Smolensk this week, advancing from north and south with a…
Caithness at War: Week 97
7-13 July 1941 German forces continued their rapid drive into Russia this week, cutting off…
Caithness at War: Week 96
30 June-6 July 1941 The German advance into Russia continued, with German troops occupying Riga on…