Military Hardware/Equipment/Specialty Gear

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Paratrooper with SCR-536 Radio Set

Today in WW II: 3 Jun 1940 Civilians flee the first bombing of Paris by German planes, as Germany prepares for the invasion of France. More ↓

3 Jun 1942 Japanese bomb Dutch Harbor, opening attack on the Aleutians Islands, Alaska followed with amphibious attack on Adak Island.
3 Jun 1942 Battle of Midway ends Japanese naval superiority in the Pacific [3-6 June].
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