4 Jun 1940

- German Admiral Wilhelm Marschall launched Operation Juno, sending Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Admiral Hipper, and several destroyers from Kiel for Norway, aiming at disrupting the Allied supply lines to Narvik. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Overnight, 26,175 French troops were evacuated from Dunkirk, France. At 1020 hours, German troops occupied the city and captured the 30,000 to 40,000 French troops, 2,000 British field guns, and 60,000 British vehicles. In total, 338,226 Allied personnel were evacuated through Operation Dynamo. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Churchill delivered the "We shall never surrender" speech to House of Commons. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- The United Kingdom banned any recreational camping within 10 miles of the east and southeastern coasts, including the Isle of Wight. ww2dbase [TH]
- Konstantin Rokossovsky was promoted to the rank of major general. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Douglas Bader, while attacking a German Do 17 aircraft, nearly collided with the target. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- In order to maintain the vital link with North America, British Overseas Airways Corporation commenced a twice-weekly air service between Heston, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom and Lisbon, Portugal, to connect with the scheduled Pan-American Airways New York-Lisbon route. ww2dbase [AC]
- Vasily Kuznetsov was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- French l'Armee d'Aire attacked München (Munich) and Frankfurt in Germany in response to the German bombing of Paris, France on the previous day. ww2dbase [TH]


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