IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1847. —Sir John Franklin died. • 1895. —Boehuanaluud anuoxed to Capo Colony. 1903.—King--Alexander and Queen Draga of Serbia murdered by army officers. 1940.—Britain strikes first blow against Italy; R.A.F. successfully attacks bases iu Libya and Italian East Africa. Allied forces reported 15 miles from Damascus Darlan appeals to French to stop criticising Vichy Government. Debate on Crete in House of Commons. Total British casualties 15,000 killed, wounded, and missing. Strike at North American Aviation Company’s plant completely broken. Axis bases in the -Tigran depleted of oil. Eight, hundred German soldiers killed in amnmnilion dump explosion in Yugoslavia. American ■ freighter sunk by U-boat cn route to Cape Town.
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Evening Star, Issue 23908, 11 June 1941, Page 1
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110IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 23908, 11 June 1941, Page 1
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