1 June –BBC transmits coded messages (including the first line of a poem byPaul Verlaine) tounderground resistance fighters in France warning that the invasion ofEurope is imminent.
2 June – The provisional French government is established.
5 June
More than 1000 British bombers drop 5000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on theNormandy coast in preparation forD-Day.
At 10:15 p.m. local time, theBBC transmits coded messages including the second line of thePaul Verlaine poem to theunderground resistance indicating that the invasion ofEurope is about to begin.[1]
^Lormier, Dominique (2018)."Georges Suarez".Les années interdites: Auteurs, journalistes et artistes dans la collaboration. Archipel. p. 85.ISBN978-2-8098-2553-4.