Air Operations, Europe

There are RAF daylight raids on shipping off the Dutch coast and the Waalhaven airfield. During the night there are raids on Kiel and Wilhelmshaven.

Air Operations, Mediterranean

Vichy French aircraft make an unsuccessful 'reprisal raid' on shipping at Gibraltar. There is no damage. This is the only hostile action by the French in reply to the Mers-el-Kébir operation; the French Minister of Marine, Adm François Darlan, has declared that British ships will only be attacked if they approach within 20 miles of the French coasts.

Battle of the Atlantic

• The British destroyer Whirlwind is sunk by U-34 120 miles west of Lands End, southwest England. 57 men are lost on the destroyer. The British destroyer Westcott picks up the survivors.
• U-99 sinks the Canadian steamer Magog (2053t) from convoy HX-52 58 miles west southwest of Fastnet. The entire crew is rescued.

Diplomatic Relations

• The Swedish-German Railways Agreement is established. Germany obtains permission to utilize Swedish railways for the transport of war supplies and troops 'on leave' to and from Norway. (Britain protests July 8; Norway July 17)
• The Vichy government breaks off diplomatic relations with Britain in protest of British action against the French navy.
• Rumania, the chief supplier of Germany's oil, declares support fo the Axis powers.

Mediterranean

Vichy French warships and submarines capture 3 British merchant ships in reprisal for the Mers-el-Kébir attack.

Rumania

The new Rumanian Cabinet decides to join the Axis powers.

United States, Home Front

President Roosevelt makes his Five Freedoms of Democracy against totalitarian governments. He calls for freedom of speech, information, religion, expression, and from want.

United States, Policy

The US bans the shipment of strategic materials - minerals, aircraft parts, and chemicals - to Japan.