Air Operations, Carolines
- 39 XIII Bomber Command B-24s attack the Truk Atoll.
- During the night, VII Bomber Command B-24s attack the Truk Atoll.
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]Air Operations, CBI
BURMA- 23 7th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Chauk, Lonywa, and Yenangyaung.
- More than 50 10th Air Force fighter-bombers attack Mogaung, Myitkyina, and Tapo.
- USAAF transports based in Yunnani, China, airlift ammunition to 2 Chinese Army divisions in action along the Salween River.
- 3 308th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack shipping in the South China Sea.
- 23 14th Air Force P-51s and P-40s attack Japanese Army tanks at Lingpao and rail lines at Linfen and Loning.
- B-25s, P-38s, P-40s, and P-51s mount numerous attacks throughout the Tungting Lake region.
- 29 10th Air Force B-25s airlift ammunition to Imphal.
- 6 14th Air Force P-40s attack a bridge at Tasa.
| ]Air Operations, Central Pacific
A VF-50 F6F downs a Marianas-based P1Y 'Galaxy' bomber at sea near Task Force 58 at 0825 hours.
[ | ]Air Operations, Europe
RAF BOMBER COMMANDEvening Ops:
- 432 aircraft attack railway targets at Achères, Dreux, Orléns and Versailles. In this total are 323 Lancasters, 90 Halifaxes and 19 Mosquitos. All targets are believed to have been hit although there are no details available.
- 15 Lancasters and 3 Halifaxes are lost.
- 32 Mosquitos are sent to Berlin, 30 aircraft lay mines off France on the flanks of the invasion area, and there are 7 Serrate and 18 Intruder patrols and 13 RCM sorties.
- 2 Mosquitos are lost on the Berlin raid.
| ]Air Operations, New Guinea
- V Bomber Command A-20s attack the Babo airfield.
- B-25s, A-20s, and RAAF aircraft attack the Wewak area.
| ]Atlantic
The US destroyer Glennon (DD-620) is sunk by coastal gunfire in the Normandy area.
[ | ]Burma
Chinese-American attacks against Myitkyina meet with no success. In the Mogaung valley Chinese forces besiege Kamaing. On the Salween front the Chinese 87th and 88th Divs attack Lungling.
[ | ]China
The Japanese advance along the Liu-yang River with 5 divisions and threaten the important town of Changsha, north of Canton.
[ | ]Eastern Front
Over the next few days Cherepanov's 23rd Army attacks the Finnish positions on the Karelian Isthmus. As always now in any Soviet operation the artillery support is massive. Terijoki and Yalkena are quickly taken. 3 Russian divisions annihilate 1 Finnish regiment of the 10th Div and advance 10 km in the Karelian Isthmus.
FINNISH SECTORThe Leningrad Front begins its arty preparation. After a considerable bombardment, Gusev's 21st Army attacks on a 9-mile front, pushing the Finns slowly back across the Sestra. The 23rd Army also begins its probing attacks while the 13th Air Army pounds the Finnish defenses as the ground troops move forward.
[ | ]Indian Ocean
In a diversionary operation for the coming American attacks on the Marianas the British fleet carrier Illustrious and the escort carrier Atheling raid Sabang.
[ | ]Italy
On the Adriatic coast Pescara and Chieti are taken by units of Gen Sir Charles Keightley's V Corps. On the outskirts of Bagnoregio German rearguards slow down the advance of the South African 6th Arm Div of XIII Corps. The X Corps also meets strong resistance before Terni, while the New Zealand 2nd Div captures Avezzano.
[ | ]New Guinea
Fighting continues on Biak, where the Americans meet a more and more obstinate resistance. But Japanese activity in the Hollandia-Aitape grows less.
[ | ]Occupied France
In what is known as the 'Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre' a detachment of the SS Panzer Div Das Reich murders 642 inhabitants of the village near Limoges. 200 women and children are burned to death in a church. Only 10 were able to feign death and escape. They had committed no crimes but were the helpless victims of the SS which had been unable to find one of its commanders kidnapped by the French Maquis. The SS division had also been harassed by French Resistance fighters in their move to the Normandy front from Toulouse.
[ | ]Pacific
The Japanese submarine RO-42 is sunk by the US destroyer escort Bangust (DE-739) in the Marshall Islands area.
[ | ]Western Front
The V And VII Corps of the US 1st Army join up at Auville-sur-le-Vey, but the town of Carentan remains firmly in the hands of the German 17th Pzr Div. In the US VII Corps sector units of the 4th Div take some positions below the Montebourg-Quineville road and objectives along the road from Montebourg to Le Ham. The 101st Airborne Div begins to surround Carentan.
The American 9th Div, latest to arrive, begins to land. By the end of the day the Allies have put ashore 325,000 men.
On the left flank of the US V Corps units of the 1st Div reach the road linking Bayeux to St Lô.
In the British 2nd Army sector the I and XXX Corps keep up their pressure on Caen. Gen Montgomery establishes his hq in France. Montgomery's plan is for a double attack, from the east by the I Corps advancing as far as Cagny from the right bank of the Orne, southeast of the city, and from the west by the 7th Arm Div of XXX Corps, which will move from the Bayeux region and after taking Tilly-sur-Seulles, Villers-Bocage and Noyers-Bocage will occupy the heights at Evrecy, southwest of Caen. The 7th Arm Div begins the offensive in the direction of Tilly-sur-Seulles, meeting stubborn resistance from the German Panzerlehr Div.
[ | ]Images from June 10, 1944
Sherman Tank Crew at Rest |
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Infantryman of 'D' Company, Regina Rifle Regiment, on Guard Duty in Forward Post, Normandy, 10 June 1944 |
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Taking Cover Beside a Glider |
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Amphibious Tank in Action |
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Army Commanders |
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P-61 of the 6th NFS stop over at Kwajalein en route to Saipan, 10 June 1944 |
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Awaiting the Arrival of the Air Wing |
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144 Wing Spitfires after Their Arrival at B.3, 10 June 1944 |
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Canadian troops on D-Day+4 (10 June 1944) |
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Preparing to Eliminate a German Sniper |
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Gun Crew in Action North of Caumont |
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British Paratroopers Near Ranville |
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