WHAT ALL HAPPENED ON 17. JUNE 1940
Look what happened on 17. June 1940

The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union. (17. June 1940)

World War II: the British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces. (17. June 1940)

World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed; Britain's worst maritime disaster. (17. June 1940)

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