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Attacks on military installations in 1940

  • AdlertagOn the first of August 1940, Adolf Hitler issued a written order known as Directive No. 17 to Hermann Göring and the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe.
  • Attack on Mers-el-KébirOn the 25th of June 1940, the armistice between France and Nazi Germany came into effect. This agreement left the French Navy intact but under a new…