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In order to keep their soldiers dressed, rationing among the civilian population starts in United Kingdom.
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After a German invasion with paratroopers on the Greek island of Crete, The British Commonwealth forces are forced to evacuate to Egypt.
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June 1941
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Much needed British warplanes arrive on the Mediterranean island Malta. This is so the fighting still can go on between RAF and Luftwaffe planes.
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Commonwealth forces with help from Free French forces incade Vichy French controlled Syria Lebanon. This is
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Read more about the man Rambo and Terminator looks up toFeeling threathened by the Soviet Union - Finnish forces start mobilizing to defend their borders. (Throwing in a pic of the badassest badass in history - Simo Häyhä)
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Italy loses it's last port in Africa; Assab, this lead to less reinforcements being shipped, and is a factor to why Italy finally had to retreat in Africa.
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Soviet deportations of Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian citizens starts. Approximately 35 000 Lithuanians, 10 100 Estonians and 15 000 Latvians is deported to Siberia this day.
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A major battle in northern Africa between British Commonwealth forces and German and Italian forces. It is a failed British attempt to break the siege of Tobruk.
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Germany breaks the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact by invading the Soviet Union. The invasion is directed towards Moscow, Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and the oil fields of the southern Caucasus.
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From June 23 1941, Hitler starts using his East Prussian headquarters called the "Wolfs Lair" as his main tactical headquarter.
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As German forces enter the Lithuaninan capital Vilnius, local militia men starts killing jews. The Germans "arrest" 60 jews and 30 poles of which 6 people return.
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Hungary, Slovakia and Finland declare war on the Soviet Union. This is the day of the bombing of Helsinki, which is the reason why Finland declares a state of war for the second time.
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About 300 000 Red Army troops is encircled outside Minsk and Bialystok in Belarus and Poland.
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A German-Finnish alliance against the Soviet Union fights against the Red Army in Finland. Finland was neither an Axis or Allied power, they were more acting in self defense, and Germany was in a political situation to help them.
