Lex Anteinternet: September 3, 1942. Germans take Pitomnik

Saturday, September 3, 2022

September 3, 1942. Germans take Pitomnik

By this day in 1942 the Germans had taken 1,500,000 since the commencement of Operation Barbarossa.

The Germans took Pitomnik Airfield in Stalingrad on this day. It would become the main German airfield during the battle, although there were six additional ones.

The British suffered setbacks at Alam el Halfa when an attack went amiss, leaving the British without armor support.

Franco removed Phalangist Ramón Serrano Suñer as Spanish Foreign Minister due to the Basilica of Begona incident a few days prior. As a result, Franco now had full control of the government. The sacked foreign minister remained active in far right politics and died in 2003 at the age of 101.

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Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

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