[Homer_J_Simpson]

Essen is Hit Hard (Post) – 2
Tanks Still Fight – 3-4
War News Summarized – 3
Writer Captured in Libya Tells of Desert Tank Battle (Denny) * – 4-6
Three Stages in the Continuing Clash of Tanks and Planes in the Desert (Maps) – 7
Churchill Report on War Cheered (Daniell) – 8
Grant and Lee Tanks Firing 75s a Big Factor in Repelling Rommel (Levy) – 8
Churchill’s Statement to the House of Commons on Successes on Two War Fronts – 9-10
‘Sealing’ East Coast (Krock) – 12
Portent of R.A.F. Raids (Baldwin) – 13
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 14-15

* Beginning here and for 8 consecutive days Harold Denny will tell the tale of his adventures as a prisoner of the Italians and Germans after his capture less than two weeks before the U.S. entered the war. Quite a tale it is.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/jun42/f03jun42.htm

US bombers attack Japanese fleet
Wednesday, June 3, 1942 www.onwar.com

In the Pacific... The Midway Invasion Group and their naval support (Admiral Kondo) are discovered by air reconnaissance from Midway. A group of American B-17 Flying Fortresses are launched on an unsuccessful attack of the Japanese forces.

In Malta... The HMS Eagle flies in 31 Spitfires of which 27 arrive intact.