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| War Diary for Friday, 25 October 1940 |
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RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack Kiel and other targets overnight Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944 Bomber Command: Operations and missions Louis Rougier consults with Lord Halifax and Churchill on behalf of Marshal Petain regarding Anglo-French reconciliation, but Churchill is angry about Petain's meeting with Hitler Anglo-French relations Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain Lord Halifax Winston Churchill Churchill promises the UK would support an anti-German French government in North Africa, leading Petain to believe he has an understanding with the British Anglo-French relations Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain Winston Churchill Luftwaffe aircraft conduct attacks during the day Battle of Britain, 1940 Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944 Corpo Aereo Italiano conducts its first operation against British soil, attacking Harwich with 16 bombers overnight Battle of Britain, 1940 Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944 RN task force sorties into the Aegean and over next three days patrols as far north as the Dardanelles Naval operations in the Aegean and the Adriatic, 1940-1941 RAF bombers attack Tobruk Outbreak of war in the Desert and Graziani's offensive, 1940 Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942 RN gunboat Aphis bombards Italian positions near Sidi Barrani Outbreak of war in the Desert and Graziani's offensive, 1940 Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942 Convoy SL 53S departs Freetown for Liverpool Atlantic convoys Japanese aircraft drop bombs in vicinity of USN gunboat Tutuila and embassy in Chungking Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945: Politics and diplomacy Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945 Air operations over China, 1937-1945 French troops begin reoccupying territory around Lang Son from which Japanese 5th Infantry Division has withdrawn, and crushing rebellion by local nationalists Operations in Indo-China, 1940-1941 Indo-China and Thailand operations, 1940-1945: Politics and diplomacy Dates are local to the time zone in which the event occurred, but discrepancies and inconsistencies abound throughout the sources, especially when events ocurred shortly before or after midnight. Entries on file for this date: 11
Argyle. Chronology of World War II Brown. Warship Losses of World War Two Browning. US Merchant Vessel Casualties of World War II Carter and Mueller. Combat Chronology, 1941-1945 Cressman. The Official Chronology of the US Navy in World War II Edelheit and Edelheit. A World in Turmoil Foreman. Fighter Command War Diaries (five volumes) Goralski. World War II Almanac, 1931-1945 Hague. The Allied Convoy System Hammel. Air War Europa Hammel. Air War Pacific Hauner. Hitler: A Chronology of His Life and Time Kay. Chronology: New Zealand in the War, 1939-1946 Middlebrook and Everitt. Bomber Command War Diaries Niestle. German U-Boat Losses during World War II Rohwer. Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two Rohwer. Chronology of the War at Sea Salmaggi and Pallavisini. 2194 Days of War Sommerville. World War II Day by Day Swain. A Chronology of Australian Armed Forces at War, 1939-45 Taylor. Barbarossa to Berlin (two volumes) Williams. Chronology, 1941-1945 Young. Britain's Sea War Various other Chronology volumes also served as sources. Many additional volumes were consulted for specific topics.
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