Battle along rivers Bresle, Somme and Aisne continued with
great violence. The main thrust made the north and east of
Soissons, where Germans crossed the Ailette Canal and reached
heights bordering the Aisne.
French resisted vigorously, but at some points forward elements
withdrew. German forces attacked below Peronne with 1000 tanks,
some of which infiltrated between French strong points. Big
German effort to cross Aisne at Attigny repulsed.
Allied air forces continued day and night to attack German
lines of communication, and numerous targets over the fighting
fronts. During the night of
6-7
June 1940, formations of the British Royal Air Force (RAF)
heavy bombers successfully attacked oil refineries, aerodromes
etc in South Belgium and north-west Germany. The British Royal
Air Force (RAF) fighters destroyed 15 Luftwaffe aircraft.
During the night, a
Heinkel
He 111 bomber crashed in East Suffolk. German aeroplane
flying low, machine guns, South East Coast town.
Swedish steamer Erik Frisell sunk.
First VC of the war, awarded posthumously to captain B. A.
W. Warburton-Lee.
Go To: 8th
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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