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June 29th

1941: On the Arctic front in northern Finland, the German 20. Gebirgsarmee (Dietl) launches Unternehmen Silberfuchs (Operation Silver Fox), an offensive to capture the Soviet port of Murmansk. Several divisions of the Soviet West Front (Pavlov) are encircled near Bialystok.
1942: The Afrikakorps captures Mersah Matruh in Egypt.
1944: In the East, German troops of Heeresgruppe Mitte (Busch) encircled near Bobruisk surrender to the Red Army (70,000 prisoners). In the West, Cherbourg is captured by the US VII Corps (Collins).
source: http://www.feldgrau.com/june.html

1943 US forces landed in New Guinea.
1965 US troops took offensive action for the first time against North Vietnamese forces.
source: http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/onthisday.asp

1925 - Ships and men from 11th and 12th Naval Districts assist in relief after earthquake at Santa Barbara , CA
1950 - Truman authorizes sea blockade of the Korean coast
1950 - USS Juneau fires first naval shore bombardment of Korean Conflict
source: http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/datesjun.htm

1944: Camilly France - Canadian Second Corps under Guy Simonds sent to join the Second Army in the Caen sector with the Eighth Army on its left and the First Corps on its right; second Infantry Division sent immediately since infantry casualties heavy; Crerar told his First Army headquarters not required in the line at present.
source: http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Jun&day=29

1950: Australia commits military units to the United Nations Force in Korea - Australia was one of the first nations to commit units, from each of the three services, to the war in Korea. Australians in Korea fought as part of the United Nations Command.
source: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/thismonth/index.asp

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