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 Soviet UnionStalin informed by Richard Sorge in Tokyo that Hitler will invade the Soviet Union on 21 or 22 June Russo-German War, 1941-1945: Intelligence and deception Josef Stalin Richard Sorge RumaniaGovernment enacts laws for Jewish forced labor Rumania: Home front and occupation Rumania: The Holocaust GermanyRAF Bomber Command sends 101 aircraft to attack Hannover overnight Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944 Bomber Command: Operations and missions RAF Bomber Command sends 14 aircraft to attack Berlin overnight Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944 Bomber Command: Operations and missions Strategic bombing of Berlin FranceRAF Fighter Command Rhubarb operations Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944 Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions Northwest European WatersRAF Bomber Command sends 20 aircraft on anti-shipping missions along coast of occupied Europe Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944 Bomber Command: Operations and missions United KingdomRN aircraft carrier Victorious completed United Kingdom: Navies, seapower, and naval operations United Kingdom: Aircraft carriers Convoy OG 62 departs Liverpool for Gibraltar Atlantic convoys CroatiaKingdom of Croatia formed under Italian protection Croatia CreteLuftwaffe conducts heavy attacks against British positions Invasion of Crete, 1941 Air operations in the Balkans and the Aegean, 1940-1941 LevantRAF aircraft attack Vichy French airfields at Palmyra and Damascus being used as transit bases by Luftwaffe planes en route to Iraq Iraq campaign, 1941 Air operations in the Near East, 1940-1945 IraqBritish Kingcol attacked by Luftwaffe aircraft while advancing from Rutbah toward Habbaniya Iraq campaign, 1941 Air operations in the Near East, 1940-1945 EgyptNew Zealand Prime Minister Fraser arrives for inspection tour of NZ forces Second New Zealand Division Western DesertOperation Brevity: British 22nd Guards Infantry Brigade attacks and captures Halfaya Pass, Sollum, and Fort Capuzzo Operation Brevity Operation Brevity: British 7th Armored Brigade advances toward Sidi Aziz Operation Brevity Seventh Armored Division (British) Atlantic OceanFrench vessel Notre Dame du Chatelet sunk by U-43 The U-Boat war, 1939-1945 British vessel Benvenue sunk by U-105 The U-Boat war, 1939-1945 HaitiElie Lescot takes office as president Central America and the Caribbean during the war years United StatesRoosevelt broadcast criticizes Vichy France for collaborating with Germany Franco-American relations Vichy France Franklin Delano Roosevelt US government seizes eleven French vessels in American ports Franco-American relations Vichy France USN battleship Washington commissioned United States: Navies, seapower, and naval operations United States: Battleships and battle cruisers USS Washington 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: 21
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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