THE DAY IN HISTORY · JUNE 1
June 1 in history
What happened on June 1: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1916 and 1945, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Jutland
31 May-1 Jun 1916 — The dreadnought fleets meet in their one great encounter. Britain loses more ships and men, while Germany returns to port and never again comes out at fleet scale. The tactical result is a draw; the strategic result is clearer.
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— Repatriation of Cossacks at Lienz
1 Jun 1945 — British troops force Cossacks and their families onto lorries for handover to the Soviets at Judenburg under the Yalta accords. Many had fought for the Germans, though some had never been Soviet citizens. Some die resisting the handover and others take their own lives; many of those returned are shot or sent to the Gulag. Remember them.
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