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• The German 6.Armee broke through near Konotop, Ukraine. ww2dbase [Operation Barbarossa | TH]
• The autonomous Volga German Republic was formally abolished; all German males were formed into construction brigades working as forced labourers wherever the regime directed them in conditions littler different from the Gulag camps. ww2dbase [AC]
• German motor torpedo boats S.48, S.49, S.50, S.52, and S.107 attacked an Allie convoy off the coast of Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, sinking British ship Duncarron (9 killed) and Norwegian ship Eikhaug (15 killed, 4 survived). ww2dbase [CPC]
• British submarine HMS Thunderbolt attacked an Axis convoy and sank Italian ship Sirena 50 miles west of Benghazi, Libya. ww2dbase [CPC]

• British Albacore aircraft from HMS Victorious searched for German shipping off Tromsø, Norway. ww2dbase [Victorious | Norwegian Sea | CPC]

• Alessandro Malaspina departed Bordeaux, France for her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Alessandro Malaspina | Bordeaux, Aquitaine | CPC]
• A sports exhibition was held at the Municipal Stadium in Vichy, France. It was attended by head of Commissariat général de l’éducation générale et aux sports (CGEGS) Jean Borotra and head of France Philippe Pétain. The event demonstrated sports that would be included in school curriculums. ww2dbase [Philippe Pétain | Vichy, Auvergne | CPC]

• British cruisers HMS Nigeria and HMS Aurora attacked a German convoy in Hammerfjord in northern Norway at 0130 hours, sinking German gunnery ship Bremse; HMS Nigeria was damaged in the bow and was sent back to Britain for repairs. ww2dbase [Bremse | CPC]
• U-132 departed Tronheim, Norway for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [U-132 | Trondheim, Trøndelag | CPC]

• HMS Argus delivered Hurricane fighters of No. 81 Squadron RAF and No. 134 Squadron RAF to Vaenga near Murmansk, Russia. ww2dbase [Argus | Vaenga, Murmansk | CPC]

• Sara Roosevelt, mother of the US President, passed away at Hyde Park, New York, United States shortly before 1200 hours. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | Hyde Park, New York | CPC]

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