Air Operations, EuropeIn the first air attack on British territory, 9 new German Ju-88 dive-bombers attack British ships in the Firth of Forth. Damaged are cruisers Southampton and Edinburgh and the destroyer Mohawk. [ | ]Battle of the AtlanticThe French destroyer Cyclone sinks U-45 in the Bay of Biscay. [ | ]Western FrontGerman forces push the French back to the Maginot Line near Saarbrücken. [ | ] |
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