Diary June 17, 1942

06-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 17, 1942:

Africa

Western Desert: British 8th Army withdraws east of Tobruk.

Sea War

Destroyer Wild Swan shoots down 6 of 12 German bombers. She is crippled and finally sinks after colliding with a Spanish trawler.

Secret War

Turkey: Kornilov and Pavlov (2 NKVD agents) sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment at Ankara for attempted assassination of von Papen (see February 24, 1942).

Politics

USA: Churchill makes 27-hour non-stop flight from Stranraer (Scotland) to Washington to confer with Roosevelt.

About The Author

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.