The British Coastal Command aircraft made daylight attacks
on shipping and convoys off Dutch and French coasts.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) heavily bombed shipping
at Kiel, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Hamburg, Emden and Cuxhaven,
and shipping in Boulogne harbour, oil plants at Homburg, Cologne
and Hamburg; railway centres at Krefeld, Cologne, Coblenz
and. Mannheim. 19 aerodromes, and many antiaircraft batteries.
Bombs fell during day over scattered points in East Anglia
and southeast England.
During the night Luftwaffe planes were reported over southeast,
Merseyside, Northeast England and over Midlands, where in
one town incendiaries caused many fires. Two bombs fell through
London church into crypt, used as a shelter.
Luftwaffe lost four aircraft, Britain none.
Greek government. rejected the ultimatum from Rome demanding
free 'passage of Italian troops to certain unspecified strategic
points in Greece. Before expiry of ultimatum Italians launched
attacks, which were strongly resisted, across Albanian border,
and their aircraft raided Patras and other places.
Adolf
Hitler and Mussolini met in Florence.
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The Empress of Britain was a 42,348 ton
luxury liner, flagship of the Canadian Pacific fleets, brought
the King and Queen back to England after their tour in Canada
and the United States in 1939. She was sunk on 28 October
1940 by
U-32.
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