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bobdina
07-01-2009, 11:11 PM
1940-British vessel Aenaes sunk by Luftwaffe attack, Hitler issues initial instructions for invasion of England, Operation Sea Lion, 1st Brigade de Legion Francaise of Free France formed from volunteers of the Foreign Legion ,British liner Arandora Star sunk by U-47 west of Ireland while carrying 1500 Axis POWs ,

1941-Elements of Soviet 10th Mechanized Corps counterattack toward Viipuri , German 4th Panzer Group attacking from Daugavpils sector , German 11th Army and Rumanian 3rd and 4th Armies begin offensive operations ,RAF Bomber Command sends 67 aircraft to attack Bremen overnight, RAF Bomber Command sends 42 aircraft to attack Cologne overnight ,Italian vessel Citta di Tripoli sunk by RN submarine Torbay

1942-German battleship Tirpitz, cruiser Admiral Hipper, and escorts depart Trondheim to operate against convoy PQ 17 ,RAF Bomber Command sends 325 aircraft to attack Bremen overnight, Churchill government survives vote of censure in House of Commons , General Stilwell appointed by Chiang Kai-shek to command Chinese forces in India ,First Battle of Alamein: Panzer Army Afrika attacks the Alamein Line

1943- Solomon Islands USMC 4th Raider Battalion captures Viru Harbor, New Georgia Island,
US 43rd Infantry Division consolidates beachhead on Rendova Island ,IJN destroyer Hokaze damaged by USN submarine Thresher and subsequently beached, Japanese vessel Yoneyama Maru sunk by USN submarine Thresher, North Sea
RAF Bomber Command sends 12 aircraft on minelaying operations overnight

1944-In New Guinea... There are Allied landing on Numfoor Island. About 7100 troops, including elements of the US 168th Infantry Division and Australian forces, under the command of US General Patrick establish a beachhead on the north coast near Kamiri Airfield. There is no Japanese resistance. Admiral Fechteler commands the naval support with US Task Force 74 and TF75 providing escort and a preliminary bombardment. On Biak Island, remnants of the Japanese force continue to resist.

In the Mariana Islands... On Saipan, American forces conduct a general advance. Garapan village is overrun.

On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces cut several rail lines leading west from Minsk.

In Italy... Allied forces advance in the west and the center. Foiano is captured by elements of the British 8th Army.

In the United States... The Bretton Woods conference continues.

1945-In Japan... The submarine USS Barb fires rockets on Kaihyo Island, off the east coast of Karafuto (Sakhalin) Island. It is the first American underwater craft to fire rockets in shore bombardment. Meanwhile, Japanese sources report that only 200,000 people remain in Tokyo. All others have been evacuated to safer areas. The Japanese claim that some 5 million civilians have been killed or wounded by American fire-bombs.

In the Greater Sunda Islands... Australian forces seize the oil facilities at Balikpapan.

In the Ryukyu Islands... American military operations are officially concluded.

From London... Mountbatten is ordered to launch Operation Zipper, the liberation of Malaya, in August.