Today in World War II History—June 10, 1942

British poster commemorating Lidice, WWII

80 Years Ago—June 10, 1942: In retaliation for the assassination of SS Gen. Heydrich, the Nazis destroy the Czechoslovakian village of Lidice, killing all 173 men and deporting the children and women to concentration camps.

A British tea planter uses elephants to rescue 68 Burmese refugees fleeing the Japanese across the Daphna River, India.

US approves construction of “Big Inch” pipeline to transport crude oil from Texas to northeast states, bypassing U-boats.

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