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20 June 1943
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 sourced entries for this date.
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Entries
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LAMPEDUSA
Airfield becomes serviceable.
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New Guinea
Gen Krueger opens ALAMO (U.S. Sixth Army) hq at Milne Bay. 17th Brig, Aus 3d Div, is holding positions in Mubo-Lababia Ridge area against sharp enemy counterattacks that continue for next few days.
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The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Avro Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 205 Allied sorties (10 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1943-06-20, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force, RAF. Targets included ITALY, GREECE, PANTELLARIA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 56 Allied sorties (12 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1943-06-20, flown by USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 13th Air Force.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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