Battle of the Atlantic

• U-59 sinks the British boarding vessel Northern Rover (655t) on patrol in Fair Island Channel near Kirkwall. All 24 of her crew are lost.
• U-13 torpedoes the British steamer Cairnmona (4666t) out of convoy HX-5B west of the Orkneys losing 3 of her crew. She is taken in tow by the British tug Englishman but sinks later in the day.
• The Greek steamer Thrasyvoulos (3693t) is sunk by U-37 with a loss of 22 crewmen. 6 survivors are picked up by the Norwegian steamer Havmoy.

Diplomatic Relations

• A treaty is agreed upon between Germany and Latvia for the evacuation of Germans from the Baltic regions.
• The USSR has imposed treaties of 'mutual assistance' on each of the three Baltic states, 'allowing' the Soviets to establish military bases in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
• The Soviet Union creates a puppet Finnish government in Moscow under the leadership of a Finnish communist exile, Otto Kuusinen. Kuusinen hates Finland, even the Finnish language, and wants to see the country under Soviet rule. This so-called 'People's Government' has been created to assist Stalin's political and military goals in his attempt to conquer Finland.

Poland

That portion of Poland occupied by the Soviet Union is officially annexed.

United States, Home Front

A German American Bund parade takes place this day in New York City. The German American Bund, or Federation, was an American Nazi organization established in 1936 to succeed Friends of New Germany. The new name was chosen to emphasize the group's American credentials after press criticism that the organization was unpatriotic. The Bund was to consist only of American citizens of German descent. Its main goal was to promote a favorable view of Nazi Germany. German American Bund Parade