Air Operations, North Africa
During the night Italian SM81 3-engined bombers raid Alexandria. There are 25 casualties.
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]Baltic States
Russian demands regarding territory and a new government are met by Latvia.
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- U-46 attacks the British Force H as it battles against hurricane-force winds en route from Scapa to Gibraltar. The Ark Royal is probably hit, but the torpedoes fail to explode.
- U-32 damages the Norwegian motor tanker Eli Knudsen (9026t). The entire crew is taken off; 38 by the British sloop Sandwich and 14 by the British anti-submarine trawler Agate. The tanker is taken in tow, but sinks on the 23rd.
- U-38 sinks the Greek steamer Neion (5154t) 40 miles west southwest of Belle Ile with the loss of 1 crewman.
- U-65 sinks the Dutch steamer Berenice (1177t) off Bordeaux with the loss of 39 passengers and crew. There are 8 survivors.
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Churchill closes the Burma road to avoid war with Japan.
[]Diplomatic Relations
Gen Huntziger, who leads the French delegation, signs the armistice with Gen Keitel in the Compiègne railroad carriage specially taken out of its museum. It is appropriate that Huntziger, who led the 2nd Army at Sedan at the start of the campaign, should be involved in the final act.
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The Armistice terms: Germany is to occupy two-thirds of Metropolitan France including the entire Channel and Atlantic coastlines, all major industrial areas, Alsace-Lorraine and Paris; the French armed forces are to be disarmed and demobilized, with the exception of token defense forces; the French Fleet is to be disarmed and demobilized under German and Italian supervision; France is to pay the costs of the German army of occupation. French prisoners of war will remain in Germany until signature of the peace treaty. Three French armies, the 3rd, 5th and 8th, which have been driven out of the Maginot Line but are still resisting, finally surrender in the Vosges pocket on Weygand's order. The Germans also occupy Lorient.[MORE]
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