German forces entered Paris, the French having retired to
new defensive positions on the southside of the city. Germany
made violent frontal assault on the Maginot line west of the
Saar, but were repulsed with heavy losses. In champagne advanced
German elements were nearing Romilly and St Dizier.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) heavy bombers attacked troop
concentrations and lines of communication in the rear of Germany's
advance along the Seine and Marne. Ammunition dumps in forest
of St Michel and other woodland tracks set on fire. Boulogne
docks bombed. Dunkirk Flushing and Ostend attacked.
During the night of
13-14
June 1940, French aircraft set on fire oil storage tanks in
the region of Venice. Another formation dropped pamphlets
on Rome.
French warships shelled industrial plants and railway lines
on Italian coast.
British troops cooperating with the British Royal Air Force
(RAF) captured Fort Capruzzo and and Fort Maddalena, near
Egypt-Libya frontier.
It was announced from Cairo that during operations by the
British naval and air units in a raid on Tobruk, Libya, on
11 June 1940,
Italian cruiser San Giorgio and two submarines were hit and
set on fire.
Air raid on Berbera in British Somaliland.
Italian planes attacked Sollum on the Egyptian coast.
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The Second Great War.
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2194 Days Of War.
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