Air Operations, CBI

• 18 10th Air Force B-25s attack Tamu.
• 6 B-25s attack Wainggyo.
• 11 459th Fighter Squadron P-38 fighter-bombers attack a bridge at Myitnge.

• 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s and 14th Air Force fighter-bombers attack numerous targets in the Tungting Lake region.
• B-25s and fighter-bombers attack the airfield at Hengyang and bridges at Leiyang and Liling.

• 15 14th Air Force P-40s attack rail traffic and a bridge at Phu Lang Thuong.

• 47 10th Air Force B-25s airlift ammunition to Imphal.

Air Operations, Europe

• 266 aircraft of Nos. 3, 4 and 8 Groups are sent to bomb a road junction at Villers Bocage through which the tanks of 2 German panzer will have to pass in order to carry out a planned attack on the junction of the British and American armies that night. In the aircraft total are 151 Lancasters, 105 Halifaxes and 10 Mosquitos. The raid is controlled with great care by the Master Bomber who orders the bombing force to come down to 4,000 feet in order to be sure of seeing the markers in the smoke and the dust of the bombs. 1,100 tons of bombs are dropped with great accuracy and the planned German attack does not take place.
• 1 Halifax and 1 Lancaster are lost.
• 102 Lancasters and 5 Mosquitos of Nos. 1 and 8 Groups bomb the flying bomb launching site at Oisemont. The attack takes place with cloud cover and the results are not observed.
• There are no losses.
• 6 Mosquitos fly uneventful Ranger patrols.

• 118 Lancasters of No. 1 Group attack the railway yards in the small town of Vierzon, south of Orléans, with great accuracy. This is a success for No. 1 Group's own marking flight.
• 11 Lancasters are lost.

• 40 Mosquitos are sent to the Homberg oil plant, 6 Stirlings lay mines in the Scheldt River, 29 Mosquitos make fighter patrols and there are 6 RCM sorties.
• 1 Mosquito is lost on the Homberg raid.
• 250 Lancasters drop 1,000 ton bombs on the 2nd and 9th SS Panzer Divs as they pass through the village of Villers Bocage near Caen.

Air Operations, Marianas

• 318th Fighter Group P-47s attack Japanese Army positions on Rota, Saipan, and Tinian islands.
• During the night, Japanese Navy aircraft from Truk and Iwo Jima mount light, ineffective attacks against USN ships off Saipan.

Air Operations, New Guinea

90th, 5th, and 307th Heavy Bomb group B-24s, an assortment of V Bomber Command B-25s and A-20s, and V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack the Kamiri and Namber airfields on Normfoor, Japanese Army defenses and stores on Noemfoor Island, and barges, troops, and targets of opportunity at Nyaparake and Suain.

Denmark, Resistance

A general strike begins in Copenhagen. On July 1 the Germans proclaim a state of emergency, but are forced to concede on some points on July 4 when the strike ends.

Diplomatic Relations

The United States breaks diplomatic relations with Finland.

Eastern Front

The 3rd Belorussian Front captures Borisov. Finns in the Isthmus, supported by reinforcements from other sectors, German AT units and Stukas, halt the Russian onslaught.

The Soviet 11th Guards and 5th Guards Tank Armies link up at Borisov to cut off the German 4th Army east of the Berezina. At Bobruisk, 20,000 Germans manage to escape.[MORE]

Italy

On the Tyrrhenian coast the US 34th Div is heavily engaged just south of Cecina, while inland the main Allied advance is being slowed by a new German defense line south of Siena and Arezzo.

Marianas

On Saipan the 2nd Marine Div advances north of Mount Tipo Pale and Mount Tapotchau. The 27th Inf Div, in the center of the line, clear the area known as Death Valley and the nearby Purple Heart Ridge making firm contact with the 2nd Marines on their right and the 4th Marines on their left. This completes the mopping up of the Kagman peninsula, and marks the end to of the battle in the central strip of Saipan. More than half of the island as now been taken.

New Guinea

The main phase of the operations on Biak Island is finished. Part of the landing force is withdrawn into the beachhead, while the rest undertake the mopping up of the island.

On the mainland, in the Wadke-Sarmi area, mopping up operations are in progreas.

United States, Planning

American headquarters decide to carry out the landing on Guam on July 21. The operation is to be undertaken by the troops at present engaged on Saipan, plus the 77th Inf Div from Hawaii.

Western Front

The last German forces in the Cotentin at Cap de la Hague either surrender or are wiped out by attacks of the 9th Div. The 101st Airborne Div replaces the 4th Div in front of Cherbourg.

In the US XIX sector the slow advance of the 3rd Arm Div continues in the area south of St Lô. Before evening this division is replaced by the 29th.

Since D-Day the Allies have landed 630,000 men, 600,000 tons of supplies and 177,000 vehicles in Normandy. They have lost 62,000 dead and wounded.

Images from June 30, 1944

Sherman Tanks of 11th Armoured Division, near Eterville, Normandy, 30 June 1944

The crew of a Sherman tank named 'Akilla' of 1st Nottinghamshire Yeomanry, 8th Armoured Brigade, after having destroyed five German tanks in a day, Rauray, Normandy, 30 June 1944.

Crew of a Sherman Tank

American Soldiers Advancing Past Jeeps on Road to Cherbourg France, 30 June 1944

On 30 June 1944 a V-2 Rocket hit the Air Ministry which was situated at Adastral House which was on the corner of Aldwych and Kingsway

V-2 Rocket Hits the Air Ministry

Tank Hunters Passing by the Wreckage of a T-34 on the Ihantala – Klipeenjoki Road, 30 June 1944

Special Services, Com-Z 5, Normandy, 30 June 1944

British Infantry Move Up Past a Daimler Scout Car during the Advance of 78th Division, Italy, 30 June 1944

A Finnish PAK38/97 Covers the Ihantala – Klipeenjoki Road

Aftermath of the V-1 Strike, 30 June 1944, Aldwych, West End. (Copyright Westminster City Archives)

Two M3s during Sherman Tank Repair in 26th British Armored Bde Workshops in Perugia, Italy, 30 June 1944

Infantry of 49th Division Digging In beside Sherman Tanks near Rauray, 30 June 1944

A Sherman tank of 24th Lancers, 8th Armoured Brigade, passing a knocked-out German PzKpfw V Panther from 12th SS tank near Rauray, 30 June 1944

Sherman tank of 24th Lancers

A Grumman TBF-1 Avenger flies over fields bombed by U.S. soldiers on the Japanese-occupied island of Saipan on June 30, 1944

Grumman TBF-1 Avenger Flies over Bombed Fields

Villers-Bocage was bombed on 30 June, 1944 - The demise of Rue Pasteur and the Tiger and PzKpfw IV after the bombing

Damage in Villers-Bocage

Finnish troops examining a destroyed Soviet T-34 (turret number 450) photographed during the battle of Tali-Ihantala 30 June 1944.

Examining a Destroyed Soviet T-34

US Troops Are Watching a Column of German POWs near Avranches, 30 June 1944