Diary December 14, 1940

12-1940, War Diary, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

Pierre Laval, vice president and foreign minister under Petain in Vichy France, released by him and only re-appointed to German pressure.

Diary for Saturday, December 14, 1940:

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Vichy France: Petain dismisses Foreign Minister Laval and appoints Flandin. (German Ambassador subsequently intercedes on Laval’s behalf.)
Irish Republic: IRA internees set fire to Curragh Camp near Dublin and fight with troops and Garda (police); 4 injured (one IRA man shot dead in further clashes next day).

Air War

RAF night raid on Naples; cruiser Pola damaged.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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