The British Royal Air Force (RAF) made night raid on naval
base at Wilhelmshaven. Oil refineries at Hamburg and Bremen
and shipping in Emden harbour also bombed.
Coastal Command bombers fired oil tanks near Rotterdam.
Fleet Air Arm attacked Tobruk and secured hits on oiler and
transports.
Twenty one Luftwaffe aircraft brought down in raids on Britain
18 by fighters and three by antiaircraft guns. Thirty-tive
Luftwaffe raiders attacked convoy in English Channel. Shipping
in harbour in south of England was also attacked.
Ministry of Home Security stated that during month beginning
18 June 1940, total of 336 civilians had been killed in `Luftwaffe
air raids, and 476 seriously injured.
T19
Torpedo boat
Launched 20 July 1940
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The Second Great War.
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The War Illustrated.
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2194 Days Of War.
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