Diary June 13, 1944

06-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

V-1 flying bomb manhandled on to the launching ramp.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 13, 1944:

Air War

Britain: FIRST V-1s LAUNCHED AGAINST LONDON from Pas de Calais; only 4 of 10 reach fringe of target area – Gravesend, Cuckfield, Bethnal Green (where 6 killed, 9 injured) and Sevenoaks.

Home Fronts

Britain: German cross-Channel guns hit Maidstone, Kent at record range of 81 km.

Secret War

Sweden: Experimental V-2 crashes in Sweden. British Government purchases wreckage in exchange for radar equipment and flies it to Farnborough (July 31).

Western Front

Normandy: Single Tiger tank, commanded by Obersturmfuehrer-SS Wittmann, traps and totally destroys 25-vehicle column of 7th Armored Division, in lane near Villers Bocage.

Sea War

Pacific: 7 US battleships bombard Saipan (Mariana Islands).

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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.