[Homer_J_Simpson]

Claim is Scouted (Hurd) – 2
War News Summarized – 2
Only One Carrier Lost, Says Tokyo – 3
New Front Opens (Parker) – 4
Nazis Blot Out Czech Village; Kill All Men, Disperse Others – 6
Bitter Feuds Split Chief Hitler Aides (by Fred C. Oechsner, first-time contributor) – 7
Churchmen Who Defy Hitler-IV: Patriarch Gavrilo of Yugoslavia (Leiper) – 9
The Air Offensive-I (Baldwin) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 11-12
R.A.F. Pilots Light Up after Doing Same to Cologne (photo) * – 12

* Isn’t this title a touch flippant, considering that the headline nine days ago was “Cologne Death Toll Put as High as 20,000”?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/jun42/f11jun42.htm

Axis forces assaulting ridges
Thursday, June 11, 1942 www.onwar.com

In North Africa... Rommel’s forces break out of “The Cauldron” and begin attacks against the ridges between Knightsbridge and El Adem. British General Ritchie must engage Rommel’s forces there as the bulk of the British infantry is still on the Gazala Line and the British bases outside Tobruk is now threatened.
In Washington... Soviet Ambassador Litvinov and US Secretary of State Hull sign an additional Lend-Lease agreement between the US and the USSR.

In the Mediterranean... Two major supply convoys to relieve Malta leave port. Admiral Curteis leads Operation Harpoon from Gibraltar; Admiral Vian, Operation Vigorous from Egypt. The Harpoon convoy consists of six merchant ships escorted by the British battleship Malaya, the carriers Eagle and Argus, four cruisers and 17 destroyers. The Vigorous convoy leaves Egypt with an escort forces of 8 cruisers and 11 destroyers to accompany the 11 merchant ships. Admiral Vian has received reinforcements from the British Eastern Fleet withdrawn from Ceylon.