SprueStack Zero Hour: WW2 day by day
18 June 1940
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
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Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
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UK Parliament
War Situation (House of Commons)
Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1940-06-18: "War Situation." The Prime Minister (Mr.
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Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 34876, page 3696, published 1940-06-18: "Order be forthwith registered by the Registrarof the said D.iotrese'of Ely.??r ?,Rupert B. Howorth.
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