French merchant ship Meknes, repatriating 1,300 French naval
oliicers and men, sunk off Portland during night of
24-
25
July 1940 by Kriegsmarines motor torpedo boat. Over 300 missing.
The British Admiralty announced that the trawlers HMS Kingston
Galena and HMS Rodino have been lost through enemy action.
Italy admitted loss of another submarine, the 16th. Portuguese
steamer Alfa reported sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft on
15
July 1940.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) made night raids on oil
supplies, aircraft factories and aerodromes in North West
Germany and Holland. Hamburg docks and the Dortmund-Ems canal
were also attacked.
It was announced that in last three months the British Royal
Air Force (RAF) had made more than 1,000 large scale raids
into Germany and German-occupied territory.
Eritrean ports of Massawa and Assab were attacked by the British
Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers. Four raids made on Macaaca.
During air attacks on Channel convoy five small vessels were
sunk and five others damaged. Nine enemy torpedo-boats then
attacked but were engaged and chased away by two British destroyers
and two Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) . These were in turn attacked
by German dive-bombers and both destroyers received some damage.
Twenty-eight Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed during widespread
attacks on shipping in Channel and round other parts of the
coast.
Obeying Adolf
Hitlers summons, Rumanian Premier, M. Gigurtu, and Foreign
Minister arrived at Berchtesgaden.
Red Cross Sale at Christie�s closed after realizing �84,023.
Go To: 26th
July
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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