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1944

June 1

• German Colonel Claus Count von Stauffenberg is appointed Chief of Staff of the Replacement Army. [691.147]

June 2

• (1800 hours) Two British submarines, X20 and X23, leave the north of Scotland, destined for the British D-Day landing beaches. Their job is to mark the approaches for landing craft. [54.512]
• (evening) 271 British bombers attack four coastal gun batteries in the Pas de Calais area of France. [84.233]
• (evening) British bombers attack railway targets in Trappes, France. This is the final air attack of the Transportation Plan. Since beginning in early March, almost 9000 sorties were flown in 69 attacks, with a loss of 198 planes. [84.227]

June 3

• Dwight Eisenhower briefs French general Charles de Gaulle on Operation Overlord, the first De Gaulle has heard of it. [54.180]
• (evening) 135 British bombers attack coastal gun batteries at Wimereux and Calais in France. [84.233]

June 4

• (0600 hours) Dwight Eisenhower gives order to postpone the D-Day assault on Europe to June 6, due to bad weather. [27.46] [54.183] [84.232] [519.1959]
• (about 0600 hours) German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leaves the coast of France, to see his wife and the führer. [54.183]
• Formations of the US 5th Army seize the Tiber bridges, beginning the fall of Rome. [28.422]
• Two companies of the 1st Regiment of the Special Service Force enter the city limits of Rome, Italy, making them the first Allied troops in Rome. [28.375]
• In Italy, American forces take Rome. [1.22] [78.318] [149.255] [277.232] (June 5 [239.7])
• (evening) British Bomber Command makes heavy attacks on coastal batteries in France. [84.347]
• (2130 hours) Dwight Eisenhower and other high-ranking staff offers receive the latest weather report, anticipating a break in the storm over the English Channel. [54.187]
• (2145 hours) Dwight Eisenhower decides the Normandy operation should go forward for a landing on June 6. [54.188]

June 5

• (0415 hours) Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight Eisenhower approves the D-Day landing in Normandy, France, on June 6. [28.427] [54.189] [84.232] [277.242] [519.1959]
• (afternoon) Allied airborne troopers begin dressing for battle. [54.191]
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• (about 1700 hours) American minesweeper USS Osprey hits a mine in the English Channel. (About an hour later, the ship is abandoned, and sinks.) [54.254]
• (evening) 1047 British bombers drop over 5,000 tons of bombs on French coastal batteries. This is the heaviest bombing of any night to date. Nine of ten main batteries are knocked out by a combination of American and British air and naval bombardment. [34.45] [84.233,347]
• (night) Operation Neptune commences, transporting Allied invasion troops and equipment from England to France. At 7016 ships, this is the largest armada ever in the history of warfare. [84.232] [172.3] [732.34]
• (2115 hours) BBC radio broadcasts a message directed at the French, telling them to listen for important instructions to follow soon. This alerts the Germans, but little is done. [28.433]
• (2330 hours) Aircraft carrying British Pathfinder forces take off from England. [172.55]

June 6

• (0000-0100 hours) Pathfinders of the United States 101st Airborne Division begin parachute landing in Normandy to set up the Drop Zones for the following main force. [25.8] [84.232]
• (0016 hours) Near the Orne Canal at Caen, France, a Horsa glider crash-lands with 28 men of D Company of the British 6th Airborne Division. They begin their task of taking a bridge crossing the canal. [1.25,26] [28.430] [54.19,197] [519.1960]
• (0021 hours) D Company of the British 6th Airborne Division completes securing a bridge over the Orne Canal, near Caen, France. [54.197]
• (0030 hours) The first of the British Pathfinders land in France. [172.55]
• (0050 hours) The 3rd and 5th Brigades of the British 6th Airborne Division begin landing east of Orne, to knock out the Merville battery. [519.1960]
• (0200 hours) German Commanding Officer General Kraiss of the 352nd Division receives reports about paratroopers landing between Isigny and Carentan. [54.469]
• (after 0200 hours) Black-painted B-17 bombers take off from England, dropping leaflets over France warning civilians of an imminent bombardment. All planes return safely. [382.27]
• (about 0230 hours) 822 C-47 Dakota aircraft drop the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions on Normandy, France. [54.22]
• (0300 hours) American gliders begin landing in Normandy. [54.219]
• Six Canadian Bangor-class minesweepers clear a path to the coast of Normandy, for British forces. [1.36]
• Ten Canadian Bangor-class minesweepers clear a path to the coast of Normandy, for American forces. [1.36]
• (0309 hours) German coastal radar in Normandy detect the Allied invasion fleet. Shore batteries are told to prepare for an invasion. E-boats and armed trawlers are ordered into battle. [54.259]
• (0310 hours) German General Kraiss orders the Kampfgruppe Meyer division to move from south of Bayeux to the Vire estuary, believing a large number of Allied paratroopers had landed there. [54.469]
• (about 0330 hours) The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion of the 6th Airborne Division begins attacks on Varaville. [54.571]
• (0400 hours) Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels is told of the Allied airborne landings. [54.481]
• (0400 hours) Kampfgruppe Meyer, near Bayeux, is ordered to a reported large airborne landing near Isigny. [54.524]
• (about 0430 hours) German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt orders the 12th Panzer and Panzer Lehr divisions to move toward Caen, assuming there would be Allied sea landings on the Calvados and Cotentin coast. [54.481]
• (about 0435 hours) In France, the 9th Battalion of British 6th Airborne begins an assault of about 150 men against 200 Germans defending the Merville battery. It consists of four 75mm guns in four casemates on open ground. [54.229]
• (about 0455 hours) The Merville battery in France is taken by British 6th Airborne troops. [54.229] [567.24]
• (0520 hours) British submarine X23 at Sword beach completes setting up an 18-foot mast with a green light, sending out radio signals and an underwater ping. The mast is to guide British landing craft. [54.513]
• (about 0520) Allied bomber planes begin dropping their loads on the coast, with German antiaircraft gunners returning fire. [54.262]
• (about 0535 hours) German coastal guns begin firing on the US fleet. Allied warships begin returning fire on them. [54.263]
• (0537 hours) German E-boats torpedo and sink Norwegian destroyer Svenner. [54.160J,265]
• (0550 hours) German General Kraiss orders the Kampfgruppe Meyer division to halt moving to the Vire estuary, and await further orders. [54.469]
• (0550 hours) Warships off Omaha beach commence 45 minutes of pounding beach defence targets. [277.248]
• (0600 hours) British Royal Navy cruisers and battleships begin firing on northern French coastal gun positions. [54.534] [732.39]
• (0600 hours) Waves of American B-24 bombers drop about 1300 tons of bombs on Omaha beach defence targets, but completely miss targets, bombing too far inland. [277.248]
• (0619 hours) British Royal Navy destroyers begin firing on coastal gun positions. [54.534]
• (0620 hours) Naval ships protecting Omaha Beach cease fire, as landing craft approach the shore. [54.265]
• (about 0620 hours) Off Utah Beach, destroyer USS Corry strikes two mines and sinks. [54.266]
• (0630 hours) American battleship Texas ceases firing on Pointe-du-Hoc, as the Ranger force is scheduled to land at this time. [54.405]
• (0630 hours) The US 1st Army begins landing on beaches code-named "Utah" and "Omaha" from the Catentia Peninsula to north-west of Bayeux. [1.26] [166.347] [172.18] [277.248]
• (about 0630 hours) 300 men of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Division, US 1st Army, land at Utah Beach, the first company of the Allies to land. They land a mile south of their target, and encounter little opposition. Twenty-eight of 32 Dual-Drive tanks reach the beach. (By noon, the beach is cleared at a cost of six men killed, 39 wounded.) [54.275] [172.18] [519.1960]
• (about 0630 hours) The first tanks come ashore at Omaha beach, between Pointe de la Percée and Port-en-Bessin. [54.273] [172.18]
• (0631 hours) Company A of 116th Regiment of the US Ranger Force lands about 7-km west of the right flank of Omaha beach, below its target, Vierville. Most of the company is wiped out by intense German fire. [54.398] [84.232]
• (0645 hours) Company C of the 2nd Battalion of US Ranger Force lands on the far western edge of Omaha beach. Only half of the 68 men reach the base of the cliff. [54.398]
• (0700 hours) L Company of 16th Division lands at Omaha Beach. [54.352]
• (0700 hours) Berlin radio reports landings in Normandy. [54.302]
• (about 0705 hours) Company D of 2nd Ranger Battalion begins landing at Point-du-Hoc. [54.406]
• (0710 hours) British tanks and 25-pounders on LCT landing craft begin firing on coastal gun positions. [54.534]
• (0715 hours) British air force planes drop 950 tons of bombs on Normandy beaches. [732.39]
• (0720 hours) The British 2nd Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey begins landing on the beaches "Gold", "Juno", and "Sword", toward the River Orne. [1.26] [166.347] [277.247]
• (0726 hours) Units of the British 50th Division begin landing at Sword beach. [54.550]
• (0730 hours) All British ships cease firing on the coast to allow landing craft to reach the shore. [54.534]
• (0730 hours) German General Alfred Jodl informs Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt that the two divisions he ordered to the Calvados and Cotentin would not be moved until Adolf Hitler woke and gave the order. Rundstedt tells the two divisions to stop moving. (Hitler gives approval for them to move over eight hours later.) [54.481]
• (0730 hours) Company C of the 2nd Ranger Battalion reaches the crest of the cliff, likely the first assault unit to reach high ground on D-Day. (Throughout the day, they fight alone, killing 69 Germans at a cost of two Americans.) [54.402]
• (about 0730 hours) At the base of the cliff below Point-du-Hoc, the code message "Praise the Lord" is sent by radio to American Navy ships, indicating rangers have reached the top of the cliff. [54.412]
• (0735 hours) German General Kraiss orders one battalion of Kampfgruppe Meyer division to act as a reserve unit defending the Omaha Beach area. [54.469]
• (0735 hours) The British Underwater Demolition Team and Royal Engineers begin arriving on Gold Beach. [54.519]
• (0740 hours) Companies A and B of American 2nd Ranger Battalion land on Dog Green sector of Omaha Beach. [54.405]
• (0750 hours) 5th Ranger Battalion lands on Dog White sector of Omaha Beach. [54.405]
• (0755 hours) The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division with the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade and other troops from the Canadian Army begin landing on the Juno beach of Normandy, France. [1.25] [116.77] [54.534]
• The Canadian 8th Brigade lands on Juno beach, quickly establishing a beachhead. [1.26]
• (0800 hours) German General Kraiss orders Kampfgruppe Meyer back from Isigny to Bayeux. (It will take them five hours to arrive.) [54.524]
• (0805 hours) Company A of the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Regina Rifle Regiment lands at Nan Green Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. [28.437]
• (0815 hours) Company B of the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Regina Rifle Regiment lands at Nan Green Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. [28.437]
• (0830 hours) Eleven men from E Company of the American 506th PIR successfully attack 50 Germans at a battery of 105-mm guns, knocking out four of the guns. [54.303]
• (0835 hours) Company C of the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Regina Rifle Regiment lands at Nan Green Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. [28.437]
• (0835 hours) German General Kraiss orders two battalions of Kampfgruppe Meyer division to act as a reserve unit defending the Gold Beach area. [54.469]
• (0855 hours) Company C of the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Regina Rifle Regiment lands at Nan Green Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. [28.437]
• (0900 hours) The Command group of the Canadian Regina Rifle Regiment lands at Nan Green Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. [28.437]
• (0900 hours) American Rangers complete their mission of destroying 155-mm guns at Pointe-du-Hoc, making them the first American forces on D-Day to accomplish their mission. [54.416]
• (0900 hours) German Commander Colonel Oppeln of the 22nd Regiment of the German 21st Panzer Division is ordered to attack British airborne troops east of Orne, France. (They begin moving, but three hours later receive new orders.) [54.564]
• (0930 hours) The 12th Field Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery begins landing. [54.544]
• (0932 hours) In London, SHAEF releases a brief communiqué from General Dwight Eisenhower, announcing the invasion of Normandy. [54.302,489]
• (1000 hours) German General Kraiss reports American penetrations of the 352nd division at Omaha Beach. [54.469]
• (1030 hours) In Herrlingen, Germany, General Erwin Rommel receives news of the Normandy invasion. He immediately begins a long drive to La Roche-Guyon. [54.303]
• (1030 hours) The German garrison of Varaville surrenders. [567.23]
• (1100 to 1400 hours) The American 18th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division lands on Omaha Beach. [54.466]
• The Canadian 8th Brigade takes Bernieres. [1.26]
• (shortly before noon) The Canadian 9th Brigade lands on "Juno" beach. (By the end of the day, they advance to near the Carpiquet airfield.) [1.26]
• (1200 hours) The entire Canadian 3rd Division is ashore. [54.544]
• (1200 hours) German Commander Colonel Oppeln of the 22nd Regiment of the German 21st Panzer Division receives new orders to pass through Caen and attack into the gap between Canadian and British forces. [54.565]
• (1300 hours) American engineers on Omaha beach complete making exit E-1 open to vehicle traffic. [54.476]
• (early afternoon) The 12th SS Hitler Youth Division begins its advance on the Normandy battlefield. [34.46]
• (1335 hours) German General Kraiss reports to the 7th Army headquarters that the American assault had been pushed back into the sea, except at Colleville. [54.469]
• (afternoon) Adolf Hitler orders V-1 attacks on London to begin. [54.482]
• The 3rd British Division advances to three miles of Caen. [1.26]
• (1400 hours) The 22nd Regiment of the German 21st Panzer Division joins the 192nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment north of Caen. [54.565]
• (1500 hours) A group of British men of the 50th Division cross highway N-13, running from Caen to Cherbourg. This is the furthest penetration of any Allied unit during D-Day. [54.527]
• (1600 hours) American engineers complete a road path bypassing a guarded crossroad at St. Laurent. [54.476]
• (1600 hours) North of Caen, the 22nd Regiment of the German 21st Panzer Division and the 192nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment commence attacking a gap between British and Canadian forces, toward the sea. [54.565]
• (1600 hours) Adolf Hitler gives approval for Gerd von Rundstedt to move the 12th Panzer and Panzer Lehr divisions to Normandy. Rundstedt had wanted them moved over eleven hours earlier. [54.481] [277.251]
• (1700 hours) An exit from the beach into Vierville is opened. [54.476]
• (1700 hours) German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt demands that the Allied bridgehead be wiped out that evening. [54.469]
• (about 1705 hours) German General Alfred Jodl orders from OKW that all forces be put into battle. [54.469]
• The 50th British Division advances to two miles of Bayeux. [1.26]
• (1730 hours) Kampfgruppe Meyer reaches Brazenville, south of Bayeux, intending to launch a counterattack. Instead, they defend themselves against British forces already in possession of the town. [54.525]
• (1800 hours) German General Kraiss reports to the 7th Army headquarters that Americans have infiltrated 352nd Division's strong points, but that only Colleville was in danger. [54.469]
• (1800 hours) The Canadian North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment secures St.-Aubin. [54.544]
• (about 1800 hours) One troop of Canadian 1st Hussar tanks crosses the Caen-Bayeux railway, making them the only Allied unit to reach their final objective on D-Day. [54.547]
• (1825 hours) German General Kraiss orders an engineer battalion to St.-Laurent to fight as infantry. [54.469]
• (1855 hours) For two minutes, American destroyer USS Harding fires 73 rounds on Colleville Church in France. [54.466]
• (1900 hours) American 1st Division Commanding Officer General Huebner lands on Easy Red sector of Omaha beach, and sets up his Command Post. [54.467]
• (1900 hours) The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion of the 6th Airborne Division takes Varaville. [54.571]
• (1937 hours) For two minutes, American destroyer USS Harding fires 60 rounds on Colleville Church and surrounding area in France. 64 Americans are killed from the naval fire. [54.466]
• (2000 hours) German soldiers of the 21st Panzer Division reach the beach between Canadian and British forces, and wait for tanks to arrive. Five of the arriving tanks are blown up within a few minutes, so they dig in on the defensive. [54.565] [277.252]
• (evening) The Canadian 8th Brigade takes Beny-sur-Mer on the main road to Caen. [1.26]
• (evening) The German Panzer Lehr begins moving toward the Normandy battlefield. [34.46] [447.22]
• (evening) Over 1000 aircraft of British Bomber Command attack communications targets behind the Normandy battlefront. [84.347]
• Over 90 km of Normandy coastline during the day, about 155,000 Allied troops landed, incurring 11,000 casualties (2500 dead). 69,000 British soldiers landed, with about 2,000 casualties. 14,000 Canadians landed, with about 1,000 casualties, of which 350 are dead. American casualties total about 3,200. [1.26] [277.247,251] [449.35] [456.25] [519.1960] (107,000 landed [732.34]) (175,000 landed with 4900 casualties [54])

June

• Double agent Juan Pujol in England tells the Germans that the Normandy assault is a feint for the main invasion to be in the Pas de Calais. [704.28]

June 7

• (1150 hours) In northern France, Canadian forces occupy the village of Buron, near Caen. [122.39] [443.40]
• (1230 hours) In northern France, Canadian forces reach the village of Authie, about 2 km from Carpiquet. [122.39] [443.40]
• 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend shoots eight unarmed Canadian prisoners in Authie. The bodies are dragged on to the road and run over with tanks. [154.44]

June 8

• (early) A German guided bomb hits US destroyer Meredith. The ship has to be abandoned. [713.56]
• The SS Panzergrenadier counterattacks at Putot-en-Bessin, France, attacking the Canadian 7th Brigade. [122.40]
• 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend shoot at 40 Canadian prisoners in a field near Caen-Fontenay road, killing 35. [154.44]
• (evening) British Bomber Command drops the first 12,000-pound "Tallboy" bomb, at the mouth of a tunnel near Saumur. [84.347]

June 9

• The 10th Destroyer Flotilla of British, Polish, and Canadian warships sink German destroyer ZH-1 in the English Channel. [27.22]
• The 10th Destroyer Flotilla of British, Polish, and Canadian warships force German destroyer Z-32 to run aground in the English Channel. [27.22] [154.11]

June

• American B-29 bombers arrive in China, to launch attacks on the Japanese mainland. [362.15]

June 10

• In the town of Oradour-sur-Clone near Limoges, France, German SS units lock men in barns, women and children in a church, fire machine-guns on both, then set fire to them. About 1000 are killed; only six escape. This was done to deter the population from helping the Maquis. [166.305] [386.3] [592.S5.8] [826.63]

June 11

• German Admiral Karl Dönitz issues an order to submarine commanders: "The invasion fleet is to be attacked with complete recklessness". [154.12]
• American air attacks begin on Guam, Saipan, and Tinian in the Marianas Islands. [522.2002]

June 12

• The Canadian Queen's Own Rifles enter Les Mesnil-Patry, in France, but lose 17 of 19 tanks and many men. [122.40]
• American forces make air attacks on Chichi Jima and Iwo Jima. [522.2002]
• (night) Germany launches the first V-1 flying bombs against Britain. From 55 launch sites, seven are able to launch a total of ten flying bombs during the night, of which three reach England. One destroys a railway bridge. [45.60] [54.482] [84.240] [149.241] [166.355] [277.253] [339.109] [373.356] [449.40] [802.50]
• (evening) 286 British Lancaster and Mosquito bombers attack the Nordstern synthetic oil plant near Gelsenkirchen, Germany. They drop 1500 bombs, inflicting enormous damage, bringing fuel production to a halt. About 18 planes are shot down. [84.236,347]

June 13

• Kurt Meyer is made commander of the 12th Panzer Division (Hitler Youth). [101.20]
• (about 1605 hours) A German A-4 rocket (V-2 rocket) test-fired from Peenemünde goes astray, exploding over a cornfield near Kalmar, Sweden, creating a 13-foot wide crater. (The Swedish government later transfers two tons of debris to England, reportedly in exchange for two squadrons of new tanks.) [38.139] [339.131] [375.9]

June 14

• French General Charles de Gaulle debarks at Courseulles, France, ready to take control of a Provisional Government of France. [32.801]
• 221 British Lancaster bombers attack Le Havre, France, killing about 1000 German sailors, and inflicting much damage to naval craft. This is Bomber Command's first major daylight raid since May 1943. [84.237,347]
• (evening) 337 British heavy bombers attack German troops and vehicles at Aunay and Evreay. [84.237]

June 15

• American forces begin landing on Saipan in the Marianas Islands in the Pacific Ocean. [166.318,355] [522.1989,2002]
• American B-29 Super Fortress bombers based in China begin bombing the Japanese home island of Northern Kyushu. [239.7] [362.15]
• Over 220 British bombers attack Boulogne, France. Combined with the previous day's attack on Le Havre, about 130 vessels are knocked out. Two planes are shot down. [84.127]

June

• Portugal stops shipping wolfram ore to Germany. Wolfram ore is essential in producing armor-piercing shells. [38.86]
• Northwest Air Command of the Royal Canadian Air Force is created. [1.39]

June 16

• (evening) 321 British bombers attack the synthetic oil plant at Sterkrade/Holten. Little damage is done. About 31 planes are shot down. [84.236]
• (evening) British bombers attack four V-1 and V-2 rocket launch sites in the Pas de Calais. [84.241]

June 17

• The 73rd German V-1 bomb reaches England. [84.240]

June 18

• A German V-1 bomb hits the Wellington Barracks of the Royal Military Chapel in England, killing 63 servicemen, 58 civilians, and injuring 68. [449.42] [837.83]
• The neck of the Cotentin peninsula in Northern France is cut by US forces. [383.32]

June 19

• The Battle of the Philippine Sea takes place, over two days. Allied ships sink three Japanese aircraft carriers, damage two more, and destroy 426 of 473 planes. [239.8] [522.2002]
• In France, elements of the American 79th Division enter Negraville, Gladeville, and Bois de la Brigue. [127.8]

June 22

• A four-day storm in the English Channel ends, wrecking the Mulberry A harbor at Arromanches, with the loss of 800 ships sunk, damaged, or beached. (The Mulberry B harbor is damaged, but repaied and incorporates surviving elements of Mulberry A.) [540.19] [572.15]
• The Japanese siege of Kohima is broken as British and Indian forces meet north of the town, opening the road to Imphal. General William Slim with the Indian 14th Army chases the Japanese back into Burma. By the end of the battle, 30,000 Japanese are killed, with a further 30,000 wounded. British and Indian casualties number 17,587. [345.21] [522.1996]
• Soviet forces launch Operation Bagration, on German Army Group Centre. The Soviet force comprises about 1.2 million men, 166 rifle divisions, 2715 tanks, 24,000 guns, 5327 aircraft, and 700 heavy bombers. [373.356] [383.38]
• American air force bombers knock out 90% of German airplane fuel prooduction. [373.350]
• (1240 hours) Allied bombers attack Cherbourg, France. [127.10]

June 24

• Allied leaders approve plans to resurrect Operation Anvil, the invasion of southern France. [739.37]
• (1917 hours) In the English Channel, Canadian, British, and Czech ships and planes sink German submarine U-971. [27.22] [154.9,19] [449.35]
• Royal Canadian Air Force planes sinks German submarine U-1225. (Flight Lieutenant David Hornell is shot down and killed in the battle, posthumously receiving the Victoria Cross for his efforts.) [48.10] [456.25]

June 25

• (2148 hours) The German general commanding the defences of Cherbourg surrenders, though he does not issue a cease-fire order. [127.10] [572.22]

June 26

• British bombers attack San Marino in the mistaken belief that German forces had taken refuge there. [776.156]
• British forces in France east of Caen begin Operation Epsom, attempting to break through the German front line. (The operation is a failure.) [383.32] [443.43] [540.19]

June 27

• The German garrison at Cherbourg destroys the port facilities and surrenders. 6000 soldiers are taken prisoner. (This is the first major French city liberated.) [54.317] [166.347] (June 26 [127.10])

June 28

• All of the Cotentin peninsula in Northern France is under US control. [383.32]

June 30

• 266 British bombers attack German panzer tanks at the Villers-Bocage road junction. [84.237]

June (month)

• During the month, 2452 V-1 bombs were launched by German forces against England. [449.40]

(month unknown)

• The USSR issues four postage stamps honoring Soviet heroes of the war. [343.522]

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