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• Finnish Army began an attack toward Lake Ladoga north of Leningrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Operation Silver Fox | TH]
• After sundown, Private James Gordon of Australian 7th Division crept forward under heavy fire during fighting in Syria and took out a enemy post by grenade and bayonet. For this act of gallantry along with continued bravery exhibited through the following day, he would later be awarded the Victoria Cross in Oct 1941. ww2dbase [AC]
• Joachim von Ribbentrop again asked the Japanese to attack Vladivostok, Russia. ww2dbase [Joachim von Ribbentrop | CPC]
• James Lacey shot down a German Bf 109 fighter. ww2dbase [James Lacey | CPC]

• Maggiore Baracca searched for a reported Allied convoy in the Atlantic Ocean. ww2dbase [Maggiore Baracca | CPC]
• Alessandro Malaspina was ordered to move to a new patrol area in the Atlantic Ocean. ww2dbase [Alessandro Malaspina | CPC]

• Douglas Bader claimed one German Bf 109 aircraft over Bethune, Pas-de-Calais, France, and later shot down a Bf 109E aircraft over nearby Calais. ww2dbase [Douglas Bader | Bethune, Nord-Pas-de-Calais | CPC]
• Alpino Bagnolini departed La Pallice, La Rochelle, France at 1900 hours, starting her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Alpino Bagnolini | La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes | CPC]
• Comandante Cappellini arrived at Bordeaux, France at 2449 hours, ending her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Bordeaux, Aquitaine | CPC]

• Five French D.520 fighters intercepted a flight of Blenheim bombers of No. 45 Squadron RAF escorted by 7 Tomahawk fighters of No. 3 Squadron RAAF over Syria; 3 British bombers and 4 French fighters were destroyed in the engagement. On the ground, troops of Australian 21st Brigade neared Beirut, Lebanon. ww2dbase [Campaigns in the Middle East | CPC]

• Chen Jie ordered the operations of his embassy in Berlin, Germany to be shut down, thus officially cutting diplomatic ties between Germany and China. ww2dbase [Chen Jie | Berlin | CPC]

• Tatsuta Maru departed Yokohama, Japan for Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii on her 68th voyage. ww2dbase [Tatsuta Maru | Yokohama, Kanagawa | CPC]

• Lev Mekhlis was apointed the deputy commissar of the Soviet NKO. ww2dbase [CPC]

• German 13th Panzer Division captured Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Further east, German troops crossed the Dnieper River. ww2dbase [Operation Barbarossa | Zhytomyr | TH, CPC]

• Traitor George Armstrong was hanged at Wandsworth prison in London, England, United Kingdom following his conviction for communicating with, and offering assistance to, the German consul in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. ww2dbase [London, England | AC]

• The US Marine Corps established the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at San Diego, California, United States under Colonel Francis P . Mulcahy. ww2dbase [San Diego, California | CPC]

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