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Arctic Ocean
US vessel Alcoa Cadet sunk by mine in Kola Inlet off Murmansk
   Naval operations in Arctic waters

Russian Front
German 11th Army continues assaulting Sevastopol
   Crimea campaigns, 1941-1942

France
RAF Bomber Command sends 12 aircraft to attack Dunkirk
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions

RAF Fighter Command Ramrod operation
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions

United Kingdom
Troop convoy WS 20 departs the Clyde for Suez and Bombay
   Atlantic convoys

Convoy OS 32 departs Liverpool for Freetown
   Atlantic convoys

Luftwaffe bombers attack Southampton overnight
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944

Bay of Biscay
RAF Bomber Command sends 56 aircraft on minelaying operations overnight
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions
   Operations in the Bay of Biscay, 1940-1944

Italy
Comando Supremo orders Panzer Armee Afrika not to advance beyond Egyptian border
   Agheila to Gazala to Alamein, 1942
   North Africa campaigns and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943: Politics and diplomacy
   Comando Supremo

Mediterranean Sea
Italian destroyer Strale goes aground off Cape Bon, abandoned, and subsequently destroyed
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

German vessel Reichenfels sunk by RAF aircraft
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
   Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

South African minesweeper Parktown sunk by Kriegsmarine S-boats
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

Western Desert
South African 4th Infantry Brigade and 6th Infantry Brigade, Indian 11th Infantry Brigade, and British 32nd Tank Brigade and 201st Guards Motor Brigade surrender to Panzer Army Afrika at Tobruk
   Agheila to Gazala to Alamein, 1942

General Ritchie decides to delay Axis forces at the Egyptian border while the bulk of 8th Army retires to Matruh
   Agheila to Gazala to Alamein, 1942

Libya
USAAF and RAF aircraft attack Benghazi
   Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

Atlantic Ocean
RN submarine P-514 sunk in accidental collision with minesweeper Georgian off Newfoundland
   Naval operations on the Atlantic coast of the Americas

US vessel West Ira sunk by U-128
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

South Atlantic
German vessel Doggerbank, raider Michel, and blockade runner Charlotte Schliemann rendezvous for resupply
   Naval operations in the South Atlantic
   German merchant raiders and their supply ships
   Axis blockade runners and supply ships

United States
IJN submarine I-25 shells Fort Stevens, Oregon
   Japanese attacks against the west coast of North America

Canada
Convoy HX 195 departs Halifax for Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Solomon Islands
IJN gunboat Keijo Maru sunk by USN submarine S-44 off Gavutu Island
   Naval operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
   United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945


Dates are local to the time zone in which the event occurred, but discrepancies and inconsistencies abound throughout the sources, especially when events ocurred shortly before or after midnight.

Entries on file for this date: 21
Total entries on file: 60,294
Updated: 20:42 Pacific Time on 17 June 2013

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Principal sources for this War Diary
Alden. U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II
Argyle. Chronology of World War II
Brown. Warship Losses of World War Two
Browning. US Merchant Vessel Casualties of World War II
Carter and Mueller. Combat Chronology, 1941-1945
Cressman. The Official Chronology of the US Navy in World War II
Edelheit and Edelheit. A World in Turmoil
Foreman. Fighter Command War Diaries (five volumes)
Goralski. World War II Almanac, 1931-1945
Hague. The Allied Convoy System
Hammel. Air War Europa
Hammel. Air War Pacific
Hauner. Hitler: A Chronology of His Life and Time
Kay. Chronology: New Zealand in the War, 1939-1946
Middlebrook and Everitt. Bomber Command War Diaries
Niestle. German U-Boat Losses during World War II
Rohwer. Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two
Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two
Rohwer. Chronology of the War at Sea
Salmaggi and Pallavisini. 2194 Days of War
Sommerville. World War II Day by Day
Swain. A Chronology of Australian Armed Forces at War, 1939-45
Taylor. Barbarossa to Berlin (two volumes)
Williams. Chronology, 1941-1945
Young. Britain's Sea War

Various other Chronology volumes also served as sources.

Many additional volumes were consulted for specific topics.
 

 

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