Axis advance into Egypt and Allied responses near Sidi Barrani
British forces withdraw from frontier as Axis troops push toward Sidi Barrani and Fort Maddalena. Rommel seeks a break-through while supply constraints challenge Axis operations. RAF and SAAF bombers attack columns north and east of Bir Shererzen, with Allied air support and shipping strikes reported.
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Crete
Alexandria
Berlin
Marshal Pommel
Egypt
Sid Omar
Fort Maddalena
Sapsi
Sidi Barrani
Salam
Sidi Omar
Halfaya
Hellfire
Halfaya Pass
Libyan
Salum
Rommel
Tobruk
Nahas Pasha
Chamber of Deputies
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Claude Auchinleck
Wellington
R. A.’F. Middle East Comarene
South African Air Force
Bir Shererzen
Tmimi
Derna
United States Army Air Corps
Churchill faces confidence vote amid war cabinet split
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill to answer a packed Commons on a Libya debate and unity motion. Viscount Halifax may be replaced. Cripps says PM could attend and speak, with four hostile motions and one friendly stance backing government strategy.
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Lertiment
Wilson
Mall
Wardlaw-Milne
Spondent
Churchill
Libya
Corre Mons
Spondents
Britain
Ministry of Defense
Archibald Wavell
India
Andrew McNaughton
British Isles
Commons
John Wardlaw-Milne
Cripps
Mediterranean
James Henderson Stewart
National Liberal
S S. Motion
Herbert Williams
Roger Keyes
Robert Bower
Thomas Levy
A. W
M. Spearman
G. R. Hall-Caine
iGilbert Gledhill
F. J. Bellinger
Leslie Haden Guest
S. S. Silverman
R. R. Stokes
Neil MacLean
M. P. Price
Aneurin Bevan
Labor
Leslie Hore-Belisha
E. L. Grantville
Clement Davies
T. L.O 'Hornbin
W. D. Kendall
Washington
Church Picnic at Watkins Glen June 25 St Marys of the Lake
The annual Church picnic at St Marys of the Lake in Watkins Glen is scheduled for June 25. Organizers invite parishioners and families to attend the community event with activities and meals planned.
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Watkins Glen
St. Mary's of the Lake
Malta Air Raids and Night Fighter Successes Reported
Small scale raid on Malta ends with Spitfires shooting down an RE-2001 and a Machi C-202. Next night Malta is raided again and a JUSS is destroyed by night fighters. Bombers attack two large enemy supply ships off Palermo with a direct hit on one stern. Enemy air activity over forward areas slight. Tuesday night raids hit coastal areas near Daba and Matruh with minor damage. Four allied aircraft are missing and one pilot is safe.
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Malta
Palermo
Daba
Matruh
Nazi High Command Says Axis Drive Reaches Sidi Barrani
Berlin reports German and Italian forces shattered British resistance on the Egyptian Libyan frontier and reached Sidi Barrani after capturing Salam Halfaya Pass and Fort Caputo border positions.
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Berlin
Sidi Barrani
Salam
Halfaya Pass
Fort Caputo
Army General Transfers Reported By War Department
The War Department announced major officer moves including Gen George Stratemeyer to chief of staff Army Air Forces and Gen Milard Harmon reassigned to a high post not yet public. Gen Lorenzo Gasser moves to Army Services of Supply and Brig Gen Ulysses Grant takes OCD post. Brig Gen Isaac Spalding to field assignment. Maj Gen Fred C Wallace to command 5th Corps Area succeeding Maj Gen Daniel Van Voorhis.
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Philippine Commonwealth
War Department
George E. Stratemeyer
Army Air Forces
Army
General Stratemeyer
Southeast Training Center
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Millard F. Harmon
Lorenzo D. Gasser
Army Services of Supply
Board For Civil Protection
Office of Civilian Defense
Gasser
OCD
Ulysses S. Grant
Engineer Replacement Training Center
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Isaac Spalding
Army Exchange Service
Services of Supply
Fred C. Wallace
Camp Gordon
Georgia
5Th Corps
Fort Hayes
Daniel van Voorhis
Eisenhower to Map Invasion Plans After London Talks
Maj. Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower new Allied invasion planner for Europe meets with Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt as he prepares to confer with Gen Sir Alan Brooke and other chiefs to unite American and British forces. Mountbatten praised American divisions for their readiness.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Churchill
Roosevelt
Britain
Alan Brooke
Lord Louis Mountbatten
United States
Mountbatten
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Camp Colt
Gettysburg
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