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World War II History for June 17

17 June 1940 - British troops evacuated France in Operation Ariel (aka Operation Aerial).

17 June 1940 - The Soviet Union occupied Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

17 June 1940 - France asked Germany for terms of surrender in World War II.

17 June 1943 - Norwegian tanker Ferncastle sunk by German raider HKS Michel off Western Australia.

Fremantle, West Australia. Aerial port side view of the Norwegian tanker Ferncastle, which was sunk by the German auxiliary cruiser HSK Michel 1800 miles west north west of Perth on 1943-06-17. Note the 4 inch gun mounted aft.

Tags: 1940, 1943, Ferncastle, France, HKS, Michel, Operation Aerial, Operation Ariel, Raider, Soviet Union, Wiki

This entry was posted by Steven Terjeson on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 1:18 pm and is filed under Europe Theater, Media, Pacific Theater, Sea. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.