29 June 1942
Eastern Front
Russian 2nd Shock and 59th Armies destroyed by Germans. Only 33,000 prisoners captured.
War in the Air
Major Charles C. Kegelman and his crew become the first USAAF personnel to bomb occupied Europe, when they take part in an attack on a No.226 Squadron raid on the Hazebrouck marshalling yards.
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 29 June 1942, http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1942_06_29.html
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