July 2, 1940

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7/2/1940, Russians Drop Parachutists in Bessarabia, Cargo Planes Land Tanks, Rioters Killed, Rumania Caught by Surprise

7/2/1940, U.S. Fleet Returns to Hawaii After Training Exercise

7/2/1940, Germans Land at British Channel Islands of Jersey & Guernsey, Telegraph & Phone Connections Cut

7/2/1940, Hitler's Army, Air Forces, & Navy Prepare to Storm British Isles After Seizure of Norway & Conquest of France

7/2/1940, Rome-Berlin Axis Plans to Conquer the World, French & British Fleet May Fall to Axis, U.S. Must Declare War

7/2/1940; Impromptu Blackout; Car Collides With Light Pole, Bringing Down Wires & Plunging Neighborhood into Darkness

7/2/1940; Australian Imperial Forces Training in Palestine, but Anxious to Join War at Other End of Med.

7/2/1940, Wealthy French Dependents Flee Saigon Due to Japan's Threatening Attitude to French Possessions

7/2/1940; Ex-P.M. Chamberlain Declares Britain United, Will Not Negotiate with Nazis, Will Defend Freedom & Civilization

7/2/1940; Britain Must First Avoid Defeat, Second Achieve Victory, Third Construct New World of Equality & Security for All

7/2/1940, England Admits Intensified German & Italian U-Boat War Taking Heavy Toll of Merchant Ships, Part 1

7/2/1940, England Admits Intensified German & Italian U-Boat War Taking Heavy Toll of Merchant Ships, Part 2

7/2/1940, German Raiders Flying Over Scotland & England Driven off by Anti-Aircraft Fire

7/2/1940, British Bomber Formations Attack Military Objectives in North & West Germany, Three Aircraft Missing

7/2/1940, Rumania Cedes Bessarabia & Bukovina to Russia, Riots Grip Rumania; 135 Casualties in Raids on Britain, Part 1

7/2/1940, Rumania Cedes Bessarabia & Bukovina to Russia, Riots Grip Rumania; 135 Casualties in Raids on Britain, Part 2

7/2/1940, Hitler's Message to Rumania: Accept Soviet Demands for Time Being

7/2/1940, Japanese Troops Concentrating for Blockade of Hong Kong, Labor Conscripted to Facilitate Japanese Landings

7/2/1940, Russians Imprison Government Officials & Leading Citizens of Bessarabian Towns, Many Banks Robbed

7/2/1940, U.S. Navy Places Order for 45 Warships, Army Promotes 9,000 Officers to Active Duty, Panama Canal Being Improved

7/2/1940; Paris Placed Under German Criminal Law; Field-Marshal Goering, Resplendent in White Uniform, Visits Paris

7/2/1940, Penetration in Rumania Beyond Agreed-to Position Due to Russian Colonel Misreading Map, Rioting & Pillaging Reported

7/2/1940, Experts Believe Nazis Have Oil for Two More Months

7/2/1940, Hitler Sends 200 Warplanes to Rumania, German Planes May Be Warning to Russia to Observe Demarcation Line, Part 1

7/2/1940, Hitler Sends 200 Warplanes to Rumania, German Planes May Be Warning to Russia to Observe Demarcation Line, Part 2

7/2/1940; Despite Recent Conquests, Germany Still Needs Oil, Nickel, Cotton, Rubber, Edible Fats, Nitrates, & Phosphates

7/2/1940; Hitler Appeases Stalin While Waiting to Dismember Britain, but Bolshevik Moves Guarantee War with Nazis

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