Today in World War II History—June 24, 1941

US poster, WWII

75 Years Ago—June 24, 1941: Off Greenland, U-371 sinks straggling Norwegian freighter Vigrid (26/47 killed); 4 US Red Cross nurses are killed, the first uniformed American female casualties of the war.

Spanish crowds in Madrid demonstrate in favor of German invasion of USSR.

Germans take Vilnius, Lithuania.