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10 July 10, 1940 (Wednesday) 11 July 11, 1940 (Thursday) ... Bastille Day in the unoccupied portion of France was observed solemnly with flags at half mast. [20]
Adlertag ("Eagle Day") was the first day of Unternehmen Adlerangriff ("Operation Eagle Attack"), an air operation by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe (German air force) intended to destroy the British Royal Air Force (RAF). The operation came during the Battle of Britain after Britain rejected all overtures for a negotiated peace with Germany.
The Vote of full constituent powers to Philippe Pétain took place on 10 July 1940. The following day, Pétain declared himself the head of the French State and assumed full powers. He proclaimed the National Revolution , which Maurras praised as early as July 1940 [ 1 ] .
About 20% of pilots who took part in the battle were from non-British countries. The Royal Air Force roll of honour for the Battle of Britain recognises 595 non-British pilots (out of 2,936) as flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the RAF or Fleet Air Arm between 10 July and 31 October 1940.
The Eighty (Les Quatre-Vingts) were a group of elected French parliamentarians who, on 10 July 1940, voted against the constitutional change that effectively dissolved the Third Republic and established the authoritarian regime of then-Prime Minister Philippe Pétain.
The squadron was formed on 10 July 1940 at RAF Duxford. [1] It was the first RAF squadron to be raised crewed by foreign nationals, in this case escaped Czechoslovak pilots. Initially it had two Squadron Leaders: the British Douglas Blackwood [2] and the Czechoslovak Alexander Hess.
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1940 Ship State Description Aeneas United Kingdom World War II: Convoy OA 172G: The ocean liner was bombed and damaged in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Start Point, Devon by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 21 of the 143 people on board.
July 10 is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1940 – World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.