Diary June 7, 1944

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

Panzer IV of the 'HJ' in the streets of Caen — Panzer IV H of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitler Youth in the streets of Caen on the early morning of 7 June 1944.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 7, 1944:

Western Front

Normandy: Allied forces reach Bayeux and make contact with 6th Airborne Division. First Allied airstrip laid out at Asnelles, northeast of Bayeux.

Occupied Territories

Belgium: King Leopold deported to Germany.

Mediterranean

Italy: 5th US Army takes Civitavecchia, 56 km north of Rome.

Sea War

Channel: German light naval forces and U-boats commence frequent sorties (mainly by night) against Allied invasion fleet, but suffer heavy losses – including 2 destroyers – and sink only small number of transports and LC and destroyer RNN Suenner.

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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.