Battle of the Atlantic
U-59 sinks the British trawlers Nidan (565t) and Lynx II (250t) northwest of the Orkneys. The entire crews of both trawlers are rescued by the British trawler Lady Hogarth.
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]Britain, Home Front
German Plane Shot Down |
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Himmler issues the Lebensborn decree telling German women to dispenwse with marriage and only bear pure Aryan children.
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In Bratislava Josef Tito becomes the first president of Slovakia.
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