Atlantic
When running trials after a refit, the British destroyer Acheron hits a mine and sinks off the Isle of Wight with a loss of 151 men. 15 men survived.
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]Battle of the Atlantic
Lost on mines between No. 1 and No. 2 Sea Reach Buoy off Southend are the British steamers Inver (1543t), Malrix (703t), Beneficent (2944t), Aqueity (370t) and Belvedere (869t). 17 crewmen are lost on the Inver, 8 from the Malrix, 6 from the Beneficent, 6 from the Aqueity and 4 from the Belvedere.
[ | ]North Africa
The British forces occupy Fort Capuzzo, Sollum and 3 other Italian positions near the Egypt-Libya border. The Italian garrisons of these places have withdrawn to the Bardia fortress. 20,000 captured Italians are to be sent to India and interned at Ahmednagar, Ramgarh and Deolali.
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United States, Politics
Pres Roosevelt gives a press conference outlining scheme which he plans to introduce to bring further aid to Britain which he will call Lend-Lease. His argument is that if a neighbor's house is on fire it is only sensible to lend him a hose to stop the fire spreading to your own house, and that it would be stupid to think of asking for payment in such circumstances. He says, 'it is important from the selfish viewpoint of American defense that we should do everything to help the British Empire defend itself.'
[ | ]Vichy France
Laval is released after intervention by the German ambassador in Paris, Otto Abetz.
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