# World War II Today A daily chronicle of the experience of war ... Page: Feed: --- ## [Patrolling outside the Tobruk wire](https://www.ww2today.com/p/41-08-19-patrolling-outside-the-tobruk-wire) _2026-08-19 · Martin Cherrett_ 19th August 1941: A concealed observation group is discovered by the Germans but survives attempts to dislodge them ## [RAF bombing off target](https://www.ww2today.com/p/41-08-18-raf-bombing-off-target) _2026-08-18 · Martin Cherrett_ 18th August 1941: A groundbreaking statistical analysis reveals that bombs rarely hit the target ## [US supply ship sunk by U-boat](https://www.ww2today.com/p/41-08-17-us-supply-ship-sunk-by-u-boat) _2026-08-17 · Martin Cherrett_ 17th August 1941: As the Battle of the Atlantic intensifies, three men out of twenty-seven survive an ordeal in the Atalantic, drifting on an open raft ## ['MI5: British Security Service Operations'](https://www.ww2today.com/p/41-08-16-f-mi5-british-security-service-operations) _2026-08-16 · Martin Cherrett_ The MI5 view of Josef Jakobs - they gave him his cover name and knew he was about to arrive ## [Welcome to a Stammlager VIIA](https://www.ww2today.com/p/41-08-16-f-welcome-to-a-stammlager-viia) _2026-08-16 · Martin Cherrett_ 16th August 1941: British troops begin to fill up Moosburg, Stalag 7A, a large camp already familair to French POWS, soon to be familiar to American POWs ## [Last Execution in the Tower of London](https://www.ww2today.com/p/41-08-15-last-execution-in-the-tower-of-london) _2026-08-15 · Martin Cherrett_ 15th August 1941: German Spy Josef Jakobs is shot by firing squad ## [Food rationing concentrates the mind in Britain](https://www.ww2today.com/p/41-08-14-food-rationing-concentrates-the-mind) _2026-08-14 · Martin Cherrett_ 14th August 1941 : The new national obsession overtakes the weather as the primary topic of conversation ## [Russia's neutrality pact with Japan](https://www.ww2today.com/p/41-08-13-russias-neutrality-pact-with-japan) _2026-08-13 · Martin Cherrett_ 13th August 1941: Stalin's move paves the way for Japan's war with USA ## [HMS Picotee lost without trace](https://www.ww2today.com/p/41-08-12-hms-picotee-lost-without-trace) _2026-08-12 · Martin Cherrett_ 12th August 1941: A corvette and her 66 crew suddenly disappears ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lYDWGSQHxa5a) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [The Atlantic Charter - a declaration of goals](https://www.ww2today.com/p/41-08-11-the-atlantic-charter-a-declaration) _2026-08-11 · Martin Cherrett_ 11 August 1941: But there is tension between UK and USA under the surface