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bobdina
07-06-2009, 11:49 AM
1940-On the Western Front... The French line along the Somme between Amiens and the coast is broken by the attacks of 15th Panzer Corps after a vigorous struggle. Rommel's 7th Panzer Division makes the largest gains. Between Amiens and Peronne, Kleist's Panzer Group is still being held, but farther inland Guderian's divisions are seizing bridgeheads over the Aisne in preliminary attacks.
July 6th, 1940: Off the coast of Norway, light units of the Kriegsmarine sink 5 British submarines, Narwhal, Salmon, Spearfish, Shark and Thames. After spending 8 weeks in the West, a triumphant Hitler returns to Berlin where he is wildly cheered by the Berlin population.

1941-On the Eastern Front... Romanian forces take Chernovtsy and are welcomed by the civilian population on entering the city. The Soviets claim to have carried out successful counterattacks in Latvia and in Belorussia.
1941: In the East, Heeresgruppe Nord continues its advance, reaching a line from Lake Peipus through Reval to Parun N of the Gulf of Riga. In Libya, Axis aircraft bomb Tobruk and Sidi Barrani.

1942: In Egypt, the Afrikakorps is holding on to its positions before El Alamein against continuous attacks by the British Eighth Army. U-132 (Kptlt. Vogelsang) enters the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the Canadian east coast and sinks 3 merchant ships.
1942-In Berlin... Hitler comments that he has "given orders that the venue of the rally [the annual NSDAP rally in Nuremberg] is to be enlarged to accommodate a minimum of two million in the future."
1942 - Diarist Anne Frank and her family took refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.
1942 - Japanese forces landed on Guadalcanal Island and began constructing an airfield. On February 1, 1943 the Japanese forces began to withdraw.


1943-On the Eastern Front... The battle of Kursk continues. In the north the German 9th Army has advanced about 6 miles into the first Soviet defensive line. In the south, the forces of Army Group South have penetrated 10 miles into the Soviet defenses. There is heavy rainfall on the southern battlefield.
In the Solomon Islands... A second Japanese destroyer, from the force that delivered troops to New Georgia, is sunk by air attack. The fighting on New Georgia continues along the Barike River.
In the Aleutian Islands... An American force (4 cruisers and 4 destroyers) led by Admiral Giffen bombards Japanese positions on Kiska Island.

1944: In the East, the Soviet 1st Belorussian Front recaptures Kovel SE of Brest-Litovsk. In Italy, the British Eighth Army (Leese) captures Osimo 20 miles S of Ancona.
1944-On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces of 1st Belorussian Front capture Kovel, 70 east of Lublin. German forces are retreating. Southwest of Minsk, Svir is captured.
From Berlin... It is announced the Field Marshal Kluge has replaced Field Marshal Rundstedt as Commander in Chief West.
In Italy... Elements of British 8th Army advance. The Polish 3rd Division (part of Polish 2nd Corps) captures Osemo, south of Ancona, on the Adriatic. German forces are conducting a gradual withdrawal, from river line to river line.
In New Guinea... On Numfoor, American forces capture Namber airfield. Allied fighter aircraft are flown in.
In Washington... Free French President de Gaulle arrives for talks on the status of his administration and aid for his forces.
In the United States... The Bretton Woods conference continues.

1945-In Occupied Germany... In Berlin, the Allied occupation forces hold a victory parade. At 1430 a warrant officer of the British Guards hoisted the Union Jack over Berlin at the German victory column, near the Brandenburg Gate. The ceremony took place in the presence of officers and troops of the American, British, French and Soviet armies.
In Washington... The American chiefs of staff authorize a special operation, known as Overcast, which is intended to exploit "chosen, rare minds whose continuing intellectual productivity we wish to use" from among German scientists.
In Managua... Nicaragua becomes the first state to ratify the United Nations Charter.
In China... General Claire Chennault resigns his command of the US 14th Army Air Force in protest to plans to disband it.
In Burma... Japanese forces strike at British forward positions in the Sittang river bend east of Pegu but fail to make significant gains. Heavy casualties are reportedly inflicted on the Japanese. A Japanese attack on the Mawchi road, 24 miles east of Toungoo is defeated.
Over Japan... Some 600 US B-29 Superfortress bombers struck Osaka, Kofu, Chiba, Shimizu (near Tokyo), Shimotsu and Akashi, all on Honshu. Nearly 4000 tons of bombs are dropped.