Diary June 12, 1943

despair after air raid
The despair after an air raid.
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 12, 1943:

Air War

Germany: Devastating RAF night raid on Bochum in the Ruhr.
Britain: Heavy night raid on Plymouth (repeated August 11 and November 15, 1943).

Mediterranean

Italy: Sergeant Cohen, RAF, ‘captures’ Lampedusa Island, near Sicily: Italian garrison surrenders when Cohen makes a forced landing.

Politics

French Northwest Africa: King George VI arrives in Morocco.

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