Battle of the Atlantic

• The Norwegian steamer Svint (1174t) is sunk by German bombing 7 miles east-northeast of Longstone with the loss of 3 of her crew.
• The German steamer Hermes (7209t), formerly Karnak, is scuttled when intercepted by the British armed merchant cruiser Canton 300 miles northwest of St Paul.

Eastern Front

Finnish forces smash across the Karelian defenses and penetrate into Soviet territory. Panzers of Army Group Center cross the Dniepr River and advance to within 10 miles of Kiev. In the southern sector units of the Soviet 5th Army launch an unexpected and violent counterattack southwest of Kerosten. Von Kleist's 1st Pzr Group holds the attack amid heavy fighting, but with severe losses.

4 Italian divisions, the Torino, the Pasabio, the Principe Amedeo Duca D'Aosta and the Tagliamento Blackshirt Legion, leave Italy bound for the Eastern Front.

The Finnish Karelian Army begins its offensive, advancing southeast to clear the Karelian Isthmus. The IV Corps breaks through Soviet positions at Korpiselka.

A Street in Leningrad after a German Artillery Barrage

The XLI Panzer Corps fails to take Luga but LVI Panzer Corps captures Porkhov after heavy fighting. The Soviet Northern Front totals 153,000 troops, and the Northwestern Front 272,000 troops.

As the 19th Army continues to battle at Vitebsk, the XXIV Panzer Corps crosses the Dnieper River and pushes back the 13th Army.

The German 6th Army is attacked by the XXXI Rifle, IX, XIX and XXII Mechanized Corps near Korosten, although the Soviet assaults make little headway. Meanwhile, Kirponos mounts desperate attacks against enemy positions at Berdichev, Zhitomir and Fastov in an effort to protect Kiev.[MORE]

German Infantrymen Watch Enemy Movements from Their Trenches Shortly before an Advance inside Soviet Territory, on July 10, 1941

Mediterranean

The British submarine Torbay damages the Italian tanker Strombo (5232t) off the Zea Canal. The submarine is then damaged by escorting torpedo boats Climene and Calatafimi.

Soviet Union, Home Front

Stalin assumes the role of Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army removing Timoshenko and giving him command of the forces on the western approaches to Moscow. Other 'commander-in-chiefs of direction' include Marshal Semyon Budenny, of the South and Southwest Front, and Marshal Kliment Voroshilov, of the Northwest Front.

Several theater commands (glavkom) are established to coordinate front defenses more effectively. Glavkom Northwest is headed by Marshal Voroshilov (Northern and Northwest Fronts and Baltic and Northern Fleets), Marshal Timoshenko commands Glavkom West (Western Front and Pinsk Flotilla), and Glavkom Southwest is under Marshal Budenny (Southwestern and Southern Fronts and the Black Sea Fleet).

United States, Politics

Roosevelt submits new appropriations measures to Congress. He asks for $4,770,000,000 for the army.