Hard fighting, said to be still going on in Boulogne.
French communique stated that in the North there was no important
change in the situation. Positions on the Somme had been consolidated.
French reoccupied part of Amiens on the left bank of the River.
The British air ministry announced that coastal command aircraft,
set on fire oil storage tanks at Rotterdam.
German motor torpedo boat sunk by the British Royal Air Force
(RAF) bomber of Dutch coast.
Luftwaffe aircraft dropped bombs during the night of
24-25
May 1940, in North riding area of Yorkshire and in rural areas
East Anglia eight civilians injured.
Armament and munitions factories now working 24 hours a day
seven days a week.
Oberhausen
E Hospital ship
Commissioned 25 May 1940
Go To: 26th
May
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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