The British Admiralty announced the loss of the monitor Terror
and the gunboat Ladybird during operations off Libya. The
Kriegsmarine pocket battleship
Lützow
hit by torpedo from Beaufort bomber off Norway.
It was confirmed in Washington that the American merchantmen
Robin Moor was torpedoed and sunk by the Kriegsmarine
U-69
on
21 May 1941.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) attacked enemy shipping in the Channel.
Another heavy night raid by Bomber Command on the Ruhr. Coastal
Command attacked docks at Brest and Antwerp.
In Africa, It was announced from Cairo that Abyssinian Patriot
forces have occupied Lekamti. Capture of Assab by troops from
HMS ships and units of Royal Indian Navy announced.
Near East, Allied forces in Syria, supported by the British Royal Air Force (RAF), made further important progress in all sectors. Shipping
in the harbour at Beirut was attacked by the British Royal Air Force (RAF)
and Fleet Air Arm, one Vichy aircraft was shot down.
During the night Luftwaffe aircraft flew over eastern England.
One Luftwaffe plane destroyed.
Wilhelm
Meendsen-Bohlken
Takes command of the Pocket Battleship
Admiral
Scheer on 12 June 1941 to
28
November 1942
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June
Articles:
The Allied Powers were fully represented
at a meeting in St. Jamess Palace on 12 June 1941, when
the leaders of Britain, her Empire and the Allied Governments
reaffirmed, We fight on to Victory. Those seen above are
1, Mr R, A. Butler, 2, Sir Archibald Sinclair, 3, Viscount
Cranborne, 4, Mr. Winston Churchill, 5, M. Michiels (Netherlands),
6, M. Simopoulos (Greece), 7, Mr. S. M. Bruce (Australia),
8, Mr. W.J. Jordan (New Zealand), 9, M. Dupong (Luxembourg),
l0, M. Soubhstitch (Yugoslavia), 11, M. Nygaardsvold (Norway),
l2, M. Zaleski (Poland), 13, Mr. Anthony Eden, 14, Mr. S.
F. Waterson (S. Africa), 15, M. Gerbrandy (Holland), 16,
M. Lie (Norway), 17, M. Pierlot (Belgium), 18, HM the King,
19, M. Bech (Luxembourg), 20, M. Masaryk (Czechoslovakia),
21, M. Sramek (Czechoslovakia), 22, General Sikorski (Poland),
23, M. Sgaak (Belgium), 24, M. Deiean (Free France), 25,
M. Cassin (Free France), 25, Baron Cartier de Marchienne
(Belgium), 27, Sir E. Bridges (Secretary of Cabinet), 28,
Mr. Brendan Bracken (Parliamentary Private Secretary to
Mr. Churchill).
Photo. P.N.A.
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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