Diary June 25, 1940

War Diary, 06-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

Cheering German soldiers at the announcement of the armistice. Many German believed now that the war was over.

Diary for Tuesday, June 25, 1940:

Home Fronts

Germany – Armistice celebrations: Hitler issues proclamation announcing ‘the end of the war in the West’ and ‘the most glorious victory of all time !’. Flags to be flown throughout the Reich for 10 days and church bells to be rung for 7 days.
France: Day of national mourning. Flags flown at half-mast.

Sea War

Operations Cycle and Ariel completed: 214,000 British and Allied troops evacuated from northwest and west France since June 15.

Neutrals

Switzerland: President Pilet-Golaz makes controversial broadcast: he expresses ‘relief’ at the ‘end of the war in Europe’ and suggests the replacement of Swiss democracy by an authoritarian system.

France

CEASE-FIRE ON ALL FRONTS from 12.35 a.m. (BST). Italians have made virtually no progress in their offensive except at Menton, on French Riviera.

BATTLE OF FRANCE LOSSES:

(Totals, May 10 - June 25)	French	British	German	Italian
Killed soldiers	84,000 - 92,000	3,475	27,074	631
Wounded soldiers	200,000 - 250,000	15,850	111,034	2,631 (+ 2,151 sick)
POW's or missing	1,900,000	48,804	18,384	4,494
Guns	?	2,472	?	?
Tanks	?	400	?	?
Planes	892	?	534	?

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Kretaner

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.