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From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)
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Subject: 50 Years Ago: Monday, 8 July, 1940
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From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)
Monday, 8 July, 1940

Two destroyers and two torpedo boats purchased from Italy by Sweden
are mistakenly bombed by British aircraft, with light damage sustained.

France considers a change in its government; Vichy France would become
a virtual dictatorship, under a triumvirate of Vice-Premier Laval, General
Weygand, and Adrien Marquet.  Marshal Petain would remain as a figurehead.

Lord Woolton, Minister of Foods, asks Britons to limit themselves to a 
tea ration of 2 ounces per person per week, sufficient for 25 cups.

The Luftwaffe stages a number of air attacks over Britain, the largest 
so far.

US Marines in Shanghai arrest 16 armed Japanese Gendarmes disguised in
civilian clothing.

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"These sailors whom you have killed were the same who, a few weeks ago,
saved four-fiths of the British Army onf the shore of Flanders, while only
half the French forces succeeded in embarking." - Jean Provoust, French
Information Minister.