The patrol yacht HMS Warr or II was sunk by an Luftwaffe
Heinkel
He 111 bomber.
Iranian cargo boat Beme sunk by Italian submarine.
It was reported that Italian troopship Paganini caught fire
and sank on the
28
June 1940 off Durazzo, with loss of 220 Italian and Albanian
officers and men.
Dawn raid made on Boulogne aerodrome, five Luftwaffe aircraft
believed destroyed and others severely damaged. The British
Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers attacked military objectives
in France and the low countries Aerodromes, barges and other
targets bombed. During the night the British Royal Air Force
(RAF) bomber was extensively damaged enemy aerodromes in Holland.
Munition works at Ludwigshaven and near Cologne bombed, blast
furnaces at Siegburg attacked, dock buildings at Bremen damaged.
Twenty-three, Luftwaffe aircraft shot down and many more damaged
when German bombers made daylight raids on shipping and other
objectives around British coasts. Some damage and casualties
reported.
Lord Craigavon stated that Mr de Valera had rejected an offer
concerning joint defence of Northern Ireland and Eire.
Marshal Pétain announced formation of new government
composed of 12 ministers with himself as chief of the French
state, and also appointment of 12 governors of French provinces.
M23 Minesweeper
Launched 11 July 1940
Go To: 12th
July
Articles:
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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