Today in World War II History—June 13, 1940 & 1945
Saturday, June 13, 2020 by Sarah Sundin
80 Years Ago—June 13, 1940: Germans take Le Havre, France, and enter Paris suburbs.
First naval skirmish in Mediterranean in WWII: British sub Odin attacks Italian cruisers Fiume and Gorizia.
75 Years Ago—June 13, 1945: Australians take Brunei on Borneo.
Japanese resistance ends in the Oroku sector of Okinawa; Japanese commander Adm. Minoru Ota commits suicide.
US Sixth Army drives into the Cagayan Valley on Luzon in the Philippines.