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Events on Sunday 1 June 1941 2
1884 – 1941Hugh Walpole (1884-1941)Died 1 June 1941, aged 57Hugh Walpole was a popular English novelist known for Mr Perrin and Mr Traill and The Herries Chronicle. He died at his home in the Lake District.
1941Battle of CreteThe first mainly airborne invasion in historyGerman paratroopers and glider troops landed on Crete and, despite very heavy losses, took Maleme airfield and then the island. Allied forces were evacuated by sea, and the losses convinced Hitler not to mount another large airborne operation.