Diary June 1, 1940

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

Lockheed Hudson reconaissance bomber of the RAF Coastal Command — Picture from the same day: a Lockheed Hudson reconnaissance bomber of the RAF Coastal Command flying over the beaches of Dunkirk.

Diary for Saturday, June 1, 1940:

Sea War

64,400 troops evacuated from Dunkirk. Destroyers Keith (flagship), Basilisk and Havant, French destroyer Foudroyant and large transport Scotia bombed and sunk. Fife destroyers damaged by bombing. Evacuation by day has to be abandoned.

Air War

Germans bomb Lyons-Marseilles railway; British liner Orford (20,000 t) sunk at Marseilles.

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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.

Sea War

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