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3 July 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.

5 sourced entries for this date.

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Entries

  1. UK Parliament

    Business of the House (War Situation) (House of Commons)

    Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1940-07-03: "Business of the House (War Situation)." Mr. Attlee: "My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister will make a statement tomorrow on the war situation.

    Source Hansard (UK Parliament) (opens external site)

  2. UK Parliament

    Expenditure Arising Out of the War, 1940 (Supple- Mentary Vote of Credit) (House of Commons)

    Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1940-07-03: "Expenditure Arising Out of the War, 1940 (Supple- Mentary Vote of Credit)." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)

    Source Hansard (UK Parliament) (opens external site)

  3. Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 34915, page 4799, published 1940-08-06: "sioners of the Admiralty are to give thenecessary directions herein accordingly.E. C. E. Leadbitter.

    Source The London Gazette (opens external site)

  4. Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 34915, page 4800, published 1940-08-06: "any Prize Court having jurisdiction towhich the Prize Court Rules, 1939, apply.E. C. E. Leadbitter.

    Source The London Gazette (opens external site)

  5. European Theater

    THOR mission records show at least 1 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the European Theater on 1940-07-03, flown by RAF. Targets included HOLLAND OR NETHERLANDS.

    Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)

    THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.

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