Battle of the Atlantic
France, PoliticsLosing a vote of confidence, Edouard Daladier, the French prime minister, is forced to resign. On Mar 21 Paul Reynaud forms the new government. Daladier has been criticized for failing to bring effective help to Finland. In France this has been seen as a way for the Allies to seize the initiative in the war and take the fighting away from French soil and, by association, avoid all the horrors of World War I. [ | ]Germany, Home Front(17th?) Dr Fritz Todt is appointed Minister of Armaments and War Supplies. [ | ] |
[ Mar 19th - Mar 21st] |