Russian troops continued process of occupying Bassarabia and
Northern Bukovina.
Rome announced that Marshal Balbo, Governor General of Libya,
had been killed in an air battle over Tobruk on
28
June 1940.
British foreign office denied that any aircraft of the British
Royal Air Force (RAF) was concerned in the crash.
The British Admiralty announced that an Italian destroyer
had been sunk in the Mediterranean and two Italian U-boats
destroyed in the East Indies.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) again attacked the harbour
at Willemsoord. Chemical factory at Hochst, near Frankfurt,
was bombed and set on fire. Dortmund-Ems Canal attacked.
Two British light tanks routed 1200 Italian cavalry across
Eritrean frontier.
Luftwaffe raiders crossed British coast during the night.
Bombs dropped at a number of points, including Bristol Channel
area.
Heinkel
He 111 raider shot down off the coast of Scotland.
Go To: 30th
June
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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