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• British B-17 bombers were deployed on a combat mission for the first time as three of them were ordered to attack Wilhelmshaven, Germany. ww2dbase [B-17 Flying Fortress | CPC]
• Jews in the Baltic states were forced to wear the Star of David. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
• German troops captured Pskov, Russia. ww2dbase [Operation Barbarossa | TH]
• Before dawn, British bombers attacked Münster, Germany. During the day, German anti-aircraft guns began arriving at the city in response to the recent successive night bombings. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | CPC]
• Rationing of basic foodstuff begins in Moscow, Leningrad and other major Soviet Union cities. ww2dbase [AC]
• After sundown, German bombers conducted a light attack on Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Battle of Britain | CPC]

• Alessandro Malaspina was ordered to a new patrol position in the Atlantic Ocean. At 1608 hours, she sighted a destroyer at the distance of 10,000 meters, and dove to avoid detection. ww2dbase [Alessandro Malaspina | CPC]

• Australian troops cut off the road leading into the northern part of Beirut, Lebanon. South of Beirut, Australian 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion and elements of the 6th Divisional Cavalry Regiment also approached Beirut. ww2dbase [Campaigns in the Middle East | Beirut, Lebanon | CPC]

• USS Arizona arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Arizona | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• USS New York, Arkansas, Brooklyn, and Nashville escorted the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade to their landings at Reykjavik, Iceland. ww2dbase [Nashville | Louisville | Invasion and Occupation of Iceland | Reykjavik | DS]

• Kaga departed Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Kaga | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]

• A Soviet military mission arrived in London, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [London, England | TH]
• The Norwegian merchant steamer Inga I arrived at Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom for repairs. ww2dbase [Scapa Flow | Scapa Flow, Scotland | HM]

• James Byrnes steppe down as a member of the US Senate. ww2dbase [James Byrnes | Washington | CPC]

8 Jul 1941 Interactive Map