Topic: This day in military history..

tomtom22 · June 12th, 2008

June 11th

1940: In the West, German forces capture Rheims. The French government of Premier Reynaud leaves Paris for Tours. The RAF carries out raids on Genoa and Turin in Italy. The British cruiser Calypso is sunk by an Italian submarine off Crete.
1941: The Raf begins a series of 20 consecutive raids against targets in the Ruhr, the Rhineland, as well as Hamburg and Bremen.
1942: German U-boats begin laying mines off Boston, Delaware and Chesapeake Bay.
1943: The US 8th Air Force raids the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven (200 B-17s), while the RAF attacks Münster and Düsseldorf.
1944: US forces landed at Utah Beach capture Carentan.
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html

1944: Le-Mesnil-Patry France - D-Day +5; 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars) and Queens Own try to outflank Carpiquet by moving from Norrey-en-Bessin through Le-Mesnil-Patry towards Cheux, but they meet heavy mortar, machine-gun and 88mm anti-tank gun fire from the 12th Panzer SS, slowing the Sherman tanks; only 2 that enter the town survive; 59 men are killed, 21 wounded; the Queen's Own also loses 55 killed and 44 wounded; in the 6 days of June 6-11, 1017 Canadians are killed in action and 1814 more are wounded.
source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=11

1853 - Five Navy ships leave Norfolk, VA on 3 year exploring expedition to survey the far Pacific
1927 - USS Memphis arrives at Washington, DC, with Charles Lindbergh and his plane, Spirit of St. Louis, after his non-stop flight across the Atlantic
1944 - U.S. battleships off Normandy provide gunfire support.
1953 - Navy ships evacuate 20,000 Koreans from West Coast Islands to safety south of 17th parallel
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm

1900: Diamond Hill, South Africa - Members of the 1st Australian Horse and the New South Wales Lancers participate in the battle of Diamond Hill, South Africa.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp

1915: British troops take Cameroon in Africa.
1940: The Italian Air Force bombs the British fortress at Malta in the Mediterranean.
1943: The Italian island of Pantelleria surrenders after a heavy air bombardment.
1944: U.S. carrier-based planes attack Japanese airfields on Guam , Rota, Saipan and Tinian islands, preparing for the invasion of Saipan.
source: http://www.historynet.com/tdih0611.htm

1940 - World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin in Italy. First attack of the Italian Air force on the island of Malta.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_11

1918: After several months of an aggressive German offensive on the Western Front during the spring and early summer of 1918, the Allies begin their counterattack, including an assault by four French and two American divisions on German lines near the town of Antheuil-Portes in central France, some 45 miles from Paris.
1970: A force of 4,000 South Vietnamese and 2,000 Cambodian soldiers battle 1,400 communist troops for control of the provincial capital of Kompong Speu, 30 miles southwest of Phnom Penh. At 50 miles inside the border, it was the deepest penetration that South Vietnamese forces had made into Cambodia since the incursion began on April 29. The town was captured by the communists on June 13, but retaken by Allied forces on June 16. South Vietnamese officials reported that 183 enemy soldiers were killed, while 4 of their own died and 22 were wounded during the fighting. Civilian casualties in Kompong Speu were estimated at 40 to 50 killed.
source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?

June 12th, 2008
tomtom22 Chief Engineer Gear	June 11th 1940: In the West, German forces capture Rheims. The French government of Premier Reynaud leaves Paris for Tours. The RAF carries out raids on Genoa and Turin in Italy. The British cruiser Calypso is sunk by an Italian submarine off Crete. 1941: The Raf begins a series of 20 consecutive raids against targets in the Ruhr, the Rhineland, as well as Hamburg and Bremen. 1942: German U-boats begin laying mines off Boston, Delaware and Chesapeake Bay. 1943: The US 8th Air Force raids the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven (200 B-17s), while the RAF attacks Münster and Düsseldorf. 1944: US forces landed at Utah Beach capture Carentan. source: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html 1944: Le-Mesnil-Patry France - D-Day +5; 6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars) and Queens Own try to outflank Carpiquet by moving from Norrey-en-Bessin through Le-Mesnil-Patry towards Cheux, but they meet heavy mortar, machine-gun and 88mm anti-tank gun fire from the 12th Panzer SS, slowing the Sherman tanks; only 2 that enter the town survive; 59 men are killed, 21 wounded; the Queen's Own also loses 55 killed and 44 wounded; in the 6 days of June 6-11, 1017 Canadians are killed in action and 1814 more are wounded. source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=11 1853 - Five Navy ships leave Norfolk, VA on 3 year exploring expedition to survey the far Pacific 1927 - USS Memphis arrives at Washington, DC, with Charles Lindbergh and his plane, Spirit of St. Louis, after his non-stop flight across the Atlantic 1944 - U.S. battleships off Normandy provide gunfire support. 1953 - Navy ships evacuate 20,000 Koreans from West Coast Islands to safety south of 17th parallel source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm 1900: Diamond Hill, South Africa - Members of the 1st Australian Horse and the New South Wales Lancers participate in the battle of Diamond Hill, South Africa. source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp 1915: British troops take Cameroon in Africa. 1940: The Italian Air Force bombs the British fortress at Malta in the Mediterranean. 1943: The Italian island of Pantelleria surrenders after a heavy air bombardment. 1944: U.S. carrier-based planes attack Japanese airfields on Guam , Rota, Saipan and Tinian islands, preparing for the invasion of Saipan. source: http://www.historynet.com/tdih0611.htm 1940 - World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin in Italy. First attack of the Italian Air force on the island of Malta. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_11 1918: After several months of an aggressive German offensive on the Western Front during the spring and early summer of 1918, the Allies begin their counterattack, including an assault by four French and two American divisions on German lines near the town of Antheuil-Portes in central France, some 45 miles from Paris. 1970: A force of 4,000 South Vietnamese and 2,000 Cambodian soldiers battle 1,400 communist troops for control of the provincial capital of Kompong Speu, 30 miles southwest of Phnom Penh. At 50 miles inside the border, it was the deepest penetration that South Vietnamese forces had made into Cambodia since the incursion began on April 29. The town was captured by the communists on June 13, but retaken by Allied forces on June 16. South Vietnamese officials reported that 183 enemy soldiers were killed, while 4 of their own died and 22 were wounded during the fighting. Civilian casualties in Kompong Speu were estimated at 40 to 50 killed. source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do? __________________ "It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations Last edited by tomtom22; June 24th, 2008 at 03:42..