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History on the 12th of June 1941

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12 Jun 1941 WW2 Men of the US Naval Reserve were called to active duty. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 British cruiser HMS Sheffield sank German tanker Friedrich Breme with shellfire in the Atlantic Ocean; 2 were killed 86 survived. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 Indian and Free French forces under French General Paul Legentilhomme captured Deraa, Sheikh Meskine, and Ezraa in southwestern French Mandate of Syria and the Lebanon, but were held up Kissoué. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 British submarine HMS Taku sank Italian ship Silvio Scaroni 70 miles west of Benghazi, Libya; Italian torpedo boats Pallade and Polluce counterattacked without success. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 British submarine HMS Torbay sank Italian schooner Gesue E Maria off the island of Skiros, Greece. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 Dutch submarine O.24 sank Italian tanker Fianona and auxiliary patrol ship Carloforte 10 miles north of the island of Elba, Italy. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 German submarine U-48 sank British ship Empire Dew in the North Atlantic; 23 were killed, 18 survived. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 German submarine U-371 sank British ship Silverpalm in the North Atlantic, killing the entire crew of 68. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 German submarine U-558 sank British ship Susan Mærsk (all 24 aboard killed) and Norwegian tanker Ranella (all 29 aboard survived) in the North Atlantic. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 German submarine U-552 sank British ship Chinese Prince west of Ireland; 45 were killed 19 survived. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 German heavy cruiser Lützow, light cruiser Emden, light cruiser Leipzig, and destroyers passed through the Kattegat between Denmark and Sweden. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 The South African Air Force embarked on its first combat mission in North Africa. 
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12 Jun 1941 WW2 A three-day conference of SS men of SS-Gruppenführer rank began at the SS castle of Schloß Wewelsburg in Büren, Germany. 
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