Today in World War II History—June 13, 1940 & 1945

Soldier of the Australian 2/43rd Battalion armed with an Owen Gun in a bomber dispersal bay at Labuan airstrip, Brunei, Borneo, 10 June 1945. (Australian War Memorial: 018637)

85 Years Ago—June 13, 1940: Germans take Le Havre, France, and enter Paris suburbs.

US Ambassador to France William Bullitt notifies the Germans, via the US Embassy in Switzerland, that Paris has been declared an open city.

First naval skirmish in the Mediterranean in WWII: British submarine HMS Odin attacks Italian cruisers Fiume and Gorizia.

80 Years Ago—June 13, 1945: Australians take Brunei on Borneo.

Japanese resistance ends in the Oroku sector of Okinawa; Japanese commander Adm. Minoru Ota commits suicide.

US Sixth Army drives into the Cagayan Valley on Luzon in the Philippines.

Soviet Politburo orders trials for Polish wartime leaders, including leaders of Polish Home Army which fought against the Germans.

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