This Week in WWII: 1st Week in July

By Shawn Janes |

1940

07-03-1940: British ships attack French Navy

1942

07-02-1942: First European mission made by the 8^th Air Force

07-03-1942: Japanese troops take Guadalcanal

07-05-1942: Anne Frank’s older sister, Margo, is ordered to report for relocation to a labor camp.

07-06-1942: The Otto Frank family goes into hiding in the “Secret Annex” in Amsterdam

1943

07-01-1943: U.S. begins directly withholding income tax from wages

1944

07-01-1944: Bretton Woods Conference begins

07-03-1944: USSR retakes Minsk

07-07-1944: Japanese troops on Siapan surrender

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