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Mass deportations from Estonia dlvr.it/TT264T

Mass deportations from Estonia

14th June 1941: The war allowed Stalin to envelop the Baltic states - but his paranoia extends to the people of previously independent nations

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Badly Wounded, a POW, and Starving dlvr.it/TT1VDx

Badly Wounded, a POW, and Starving

13th June 1941: Few of the 16,00 men taken prisoner on Crete receive enough food, but the wounded suffer a prolonged ordeal

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Inter-Allied agreement in London dlvr.it/TT0c2L

Inter-Allied agreement in London

12th June 1941: A simple agreement to mutually assist each other against Nazi aggression is the foundation for the post war settlement

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'No one enjoyed killing Frenchmen' dlvr.it/TSzdpm

'No one enjoyed killing Frenchmen'

11th June 1941: As British forces are forced to fight their former allies, a small but bitterly fought war reveals the dynamic forces behind conflict

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Churchill defends the Battle of Crete dlvr.it/TSygmQ

Churchill defends the Battle of Crete

10th June 1941: The House of Commons debates the latest in a long line of defeats for British forces facing the Germans

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Heavy casualties on the Litani River dlvr.it/TSxjGd

Heavy casualties on the Litani River

9th June 1941: Few officers survive to give an account of the first opposed amphibious landing by the Commandos

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British forces invade Syria dlvr.it/TSwllv

British forces invade Syria

8th June 1941: The Battle of the Litani River sees British Commandos in an amphibious attack on the Vichy French

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German armies gather in Eastern Poland dlvr.it/TSw7Jz

German armies gather in Eastern Poland

7th June 1941: In the border area in front of the Soviet Union the massive build up of German troops and armour can only mean one thing

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Hitler's Commissar Order dlvr.it/TSvVjf

Hitler's Commissar Order

6th June 1941: Hitlers 'war of annihilation' is given force by orders issued by the highest officers in the Wehrmacht, explicitly endorsing war crimes

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The Chungking bombing dlvr.it/TStZNS

The Chungking bombing

5th June 1941: One photograph serves to represent the suffering of the Chinese people in a long war against Japanese aggression

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A portent for the invasion of Britain? dlvr.it/TSsc8V

A portent for the invasion of Britain?

4th June 1941: Does the Nazi airborne invasion of Crete mean that paratroopers are a even more credible threat for an attack at home

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Luftwaffe surprised by lone bomber dlvr.it/TSrbkt

Luftwaffe surprised by lone bomber

3rd June 1941: Despite the many and recurrent mortal dangers, bomber crews fly nightly missions to hit Germany

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Civilians massacred at Kondomari 2nd June 1941: A rare instance of photographic evidence of a Wehrmacht atrocity, an example of so may similar executions of civilians throughout the war #OTD in #WW2 #History open.substack.com/pub/ww2tod…
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Civilians massacred at Kondomari dlvr.it/TSqcJz

Civilians massacred at Kondomari

2nd June 1941: A rare instance of photographic evidence of a Wehrmacht atrocity, an example of so may similar executions of civilians throughout the war

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Captured on Crete dlvr.it/TSpdFs

Captured on Crete

1st June 1941: The British run out of time to evacuate the remaining soldiers on Crete, even though they have not not yet been apprehended by the Germans

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Bismarck: fateful decisions in the balance dlvr.it/TSp53b

Bismarck: fateful decisions in the balance

25th May 1941: After sinking HMS Hood there is disagreement over the next course of action - an exclusive excerpt from 'Battleship Bismarck'

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Royal Navy tracks Bismarck dlvr.it/TSp4mJ

Royal Navy tracks Bismarck

23rd May 1941: The advent of radar suddenly changes the balance of advantage for the new 'super battleship'

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The Luftwaffe bombs Dublin dlvr.it/TSp3Wq

The Luftwaffe bombs Dublin

31st May 1941: Neutral Ireland is shocked by the deaths of wholly unprepared citizens sleeping in their beds

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The cost of victory on Crete dlvr.it/TSnSzS

The cost of victory on Crete

30th May 1941: Even as British forces are being evacuated under fire, the Germans realise that what they have achieved has come at a terrible cost

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The ordeal of evacuation by warship dlvr.it/TSmdCD

The ordeal of evacuation by warship

29th May 1941: Many men who have survived the battle die during the evacuation by sea

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