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26 June 1941
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.
6 of 9 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
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Košice
1941 aerial bombing of the city of Kassa.
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Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 35203, page 3670, published 1941-06-27: "accordance with the provisions of thesaid Acts, or of any of them, or of any otherAct of Parliament.
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Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 35206, page 3767, published 1941-07-01: "Selwyn, wife of theVery Reverend Edward George Selwyn, Deanof the said Cathedral.Rupert B. Howorth.
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Theater not recorded
THOR mission records show at least 18 Allied sorties (6 recorded unit missions) in the Theater not recorded on 1941-06-26, flown by RAF. Targets included SYRIA, LEBANON.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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