Diary June 6, 1940

War Diary, 06-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

Diary for Thursday, June 6, 1940:

France

Despite strong French resistance, Rommel breaks through west of Amiens and advances 20 miles (ca. 32 km).

Air War

21 LeO-451 bombers (11 lost) attack German spearheads at Chaulnes, west of St Quentin, and engage Me 109Es and Me 110s.

Sea War

Atlantic: Armed merchant cruiser Carinthia (20,300 t) sunk by U-boat U-46 west of Ireland.

Politics

Sir Stafford Cripps appointed British Ambassador in Moscow (the post has been vacant since January 1940).

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Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.