17 Jun 1946
  • Louisville was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Louisville | CPC]
United States
  • Hundreds of Mexican Baceros farm labourers in the United States went on strike for higher wages. Despite the intervention of the Mexican Consul the strike was broken within a fortnight without any increase in wages or repatriation back to Mexico. ww2dbase [AC]
17 Jun 1946 Photos
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Viceroy Archibald Wavell, and Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck at the gardens of the Viceroy

17 Jun 1946 Interactive Map




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