Diary July 11, 1940

War Diary, 07-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

'Death for the English' — ‘Death for the English’, anti-British sentiment in France.

Diary for Thursday, July 11, 1940:

Neutrals

Vichy France: President Lebrun resigns; Petain proclaims himself ‘Head of the French State’, abolishes Republican Constitution of 1875, and dismisses Senate and Chamber of Deputies.

Home Fronts

Britain: Beaverbrook Minister of Aircraft Production, appeals for aluminum pots and pans, ‘to build Spitfires‘ (vast quantities are collected but the value of the campaign is negligible).

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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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