GREAT STUKA RAID
BEFORE BIR HACHEIM
FELL
(By Telegraph—-Press Association —Copyright.) LONDON, June 12. The Free French evacuated Bir Hacheim at 7.19 p.m. on Wednesday after receiving a one-word signal, "Stukas." Reuters Libyan correspondent says that the Free French withdrew at Lieutenant-General Ritchie's order. The withdrawal was undoubtedly done by British tanks which were- sent to
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 138, 13 June 1942, Page 5
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56GREAT STUKA RAID Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 138, 13 June 1942, Page 5
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