American Superfortress bomber has been in design since 1939, aiming for an operational range of 2,667 miles: allowing USA to bomb Nazi Europe if Britain fell to Germans. In theory, B-29 can fly higher (31,850ft) & faster (350mph) than almost any Axis fighter plane. https://t.co/UfWy7SBsda
The world's largest bomber has made its first test flight: Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" can carry its own weight, 20,000lbs, in bombs. https://t.co/2N7lVhYG0R
Improvised stronghold in Stalingrad’s grain elevator defies German infantry charges & artillery shelling; the stored corn within has caught fire. https://t.co/gH5yTQdLPl
Stalingrad's civic monuments have become fortresses- a few dozen Red Army men hold out in the city's concrete grain elevator. https://t.co/mljMURk0ga
Red Army General Vasily Chuikov is newly appointed commander of forces in Stalingrad, leading shattered remnants of two Soviet Armies: "I understand my orders just fine... I’ll either keep them out of Stalingrad or die trying." https://t.co/zLDpIXjdAm
Volga River is now a killing ground for Luftwaffe bombers- Red Army troops cross on slow, defenceless ferries, even rowboats, through a gauntlet of falling shells & strafing bullets. https://t.co/fyhYsmjSMC
Battle for the centre of Stalingrad is still raging- Soviets are hurling troops into city, trying to keep their fragile grip on the west bank of river Volga. https://t.co/KMPyLOBfFi
German "Laconia Order" tells submariners: "Stay hard! The enemy doesn't save women & children when bombing our towns". https://t.co/sgdorbz22b
As American bombs & bullets rip into survivors cowering on exposed deck, German U-boats are forced to crash-dive, fleeing US attack- leaving hundreds shipwrecked from Laconia adrift in Atlantic. https://t.co/VUxaLy5NuC
An American B-24 "Liberator" bomber spots two German submarines on a rescue mission, their decks crammed with British & Italian survivors of wrecked ship. Under radio orders, the US plane attacks the U-boats. https://t.co/EFeP8GPLjY
Immediately after sinking the Allied ship, German submarine U-156 scrambles to save Laconia's survivors, loading hundreds onto the U-boat's foredeck & radioing nearby Axis ships for a rescue mission. https://t.co/FzAEdwqwLS
A German U-boat has torpedoed & sunk British troopship RMS Laconia in the Atlantic, with over 2500 people onboard- 1793 of them are Italian prisoners of war. https://t.co/PkUcYhSz9C
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