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SprueStack Zero Hour: WW2 day by day
24 June 1940
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
8 of 9 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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At sea
Japan requests that British close the Burma Road, thus severing the Allied supply line to China.
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At sea
Rear Admiral Charles A. Blakely relieves Rear Admiral Joseph R. Defrees as Commandant, Eleventh Naval District and Commandant Naval Operating Base, San Diego, California.
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24 June: Franco-Italian armistice signed.
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Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
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Diplomatic record
Memorandum by the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
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Diplomatic record
The Minister in Latvia (Wiley) to the Secretary of State
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Diplomatic record
The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Thurston) to the Secretary of State
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