Sea War
Hitler sets provisional date for Operation Sea lion to September 15. Italian destroyer Vivaldi rams British submarine Oswald and captures the crew.
Air War
Norwich bombed. Leaflets dropped over south England, giving text of Hitler‘s ‘Last Appeal to Reason’ speech of July 19, 1940.
Neutrals
Japan: Government declares its intention of establishing a ‘New Order’ in Greater East Asia.
Switzerland: General Guisan, the C-in-C, declares in a broadcast that the Army will ‘defend the passage of the Alps to the end’ and uphold the country’s strict neutrality.
