Australia, Home Front

Australian Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies says U.S. involvement in the war is essential, 'for parliamentary liberty and the ordered rights of self-goverment are our joint and several heritage.'

Battle of the Atlantic

• The armed merchant cruiser Salopian (10,549t), in convoy SC-30, is sunk by U-98 southeast of Greenland with the loss of 3 of her crew. 278 survivors are picked up by the British destroyer Impulsive.
• U-106 sinks the British steamer Benvrackie (6434t) 700 miles southwest of Freetown with the loss of 28 of her crew. 55 survivors are picked up after 13 dsys in lifeboats by the British hospital ship Oxfordshire.
• U-111 sinks the British steamer Somersby (5170t), a straggler from Convoy SC-30, southwest of Reykjavik. Her entire crew of 43 are rescued by the Greek steamer Markia Protopapa.
• The French steamer Bourbonnais (4484t) is seized by the British armed merchant cruiser Bulolo and escorted to Freetown arriving on the 16th.

Britain, Home Front

After the destruction caused by the bombing attack of May 10, the House of Commons re-assembles in a new home.

Germany, Politics

Martin Bormann is appointed to take Hess's former position. He is given the title of Nazi Party Chancellor, an important step in his rise to power.

Iraq

The RAF receive confirmation that German aircraft are operating over Iraq.

Mediterranean

The British submarine Undaunted is sunk with all hands by the Italian torpedo boat Pleiadi off Tripoli.

Middle East

The exiled Mufti of Jerusalem broadcasts from Baghdad summoning all Islamic countries to join the fight against Britain.

North Africa

The German-Italian forces repel another British attempt to raise the siege of Tobruk.

Soviet Union, Strategy

A General Staff directive is issued that orders the movement of several Soviet armies from the interior to the western USSR. The 22nd Army is moved from the Urals to Velikiye Luki north of the Dvina River, the 21st Army from the Volga District to Gomel, the 19th Army from the north Caucasus to Belaia Tserkv south of Kiev, the 16th Army from the Transbaikal District to Shepetovka in the Ukraine, and the XXV Rifle Corps from the Kharkov District to the Dvina River area.

United States, Home Front

The U.S. War Department says labor strikes are seriously delaying military procurement. Firms with army orders have lost 1.7 million man-days of production since the first of the year because of shutdowns.