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The Armistice of 22 June 1940 was signed at 6:36 p.m. A German occupation zone was established in the north and west of France with the remainder left "free" to be governed by the French. The Germans entered La Rochelle, but not before all the seaport's naval facilities were blown up. [44]
René Marie Murat Auberjonois was born June 1, 1940, in Manhattan, New York City. [2] His father, Swiss-born Fernand Auberjonois, was a Cold War-era foreign correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer.
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1940 Ship State Description Aidee United Kingdom World War II: Operation Dynamo: The Thames barge was damaged by enemy action and was abandoned between Dunkerque, Nord, France, and De Panne, West Flanders, Belgium.
More than 338,000 Allied soldiers were rescued by small boats from Dunkirk in nine days between May 26 and June 4 1940. Now Historic England and its French counterpart, Drassm, have carried out ...
June 22, 1940 U-47 sinks San Fernando from convoy HX 49. [5] June 25, 1940 U-51 sinks Saranac and Windsorwood from convoy OA 172. [8] Canada loses its first navy vessel during an accident off the coast of France, when HMCS Fraser is cut in two by Royal Navy cruiser HMS Calcutta, with 45 lives lost aboard the Fraser and 19 aboard Calcutta. June ...
The flotilla was reformed 1 January 1940 allocated to the Mediterranean Fleet until 28 January 1943. [3] It was part of Force C at the Battle of Cape Matapan, 27 to 29 March 1941. [4] [5] The Flotilla was engaged at Battle of the Tarigo Convoy on 16 April 1941. It took part in the Second Battle of Sirte, (22 March 1942). [6]
The state of the Allies and Axis powers in December 1940, showing great Axis expansion in Europe and Northern Africa. 1-8 December: Greek forces continue to drive the Italian armies back, capturing the cities of Pogradec, Sarandë, and Gjirokastër. 1 December: Bombing raids are exchanged throughout the month between Germany and Britain.
[1] [6] [7] Beginning on June 1, 1940 under the mayoral administration of Fiorello H. La Guardia, the Board of Transportation took over the assets of the IRT and BMT for municipal operations in an event referred to as unification. The event placed the three rapid transit systems − IRT, BMT, IND − under a single operator.