[Homer_J_Simpson]

Air Attacks Go On (Hurd) – 2
Soviet Ships Help – 3
Rome Claims 7 British Ships in Battle with Great Convoy – 4
Tank War Raging to Climax in Libya (Levy) – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Germany Seizes Shares on Boerse; Owners Get Blocked Reich Notes – 6
Bombs Smothered Japanese Carrier (Johnston) – 7
Vilna Massacre of Jews Reported – 9
The Air Offensive-IV (Baldwin) – 11
Survey Shows Gain in British Output (Thompson) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 12-14

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/jun42/f16jun42.htm

Axis forces defeat British west of Tobruk
Tuesday, June 16, 1942 www.onwar.com

German column advances after battling the British [photo at link]

In North Africa... The British forces abandon El Adem. The is now no chance of forming a front west of Tobruk.

In the Mediterranean... The German U-boat U-205 sinks the cruiser HMS Hermione on its way back to Egypt, escorting the aborted convoy to Malta.