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(378)1940
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July
- 04
- The Duke of Windsor becomes Governor of the BahamasOn 4 July 1940 the Duke of Windsor, stranded in Lisbon after the fall of France, learned he was to govern the Bahamas. Germany wanted to keep him in Europe.
- Germany reveals Operation PikeOn 4 July 1940 the German news agency published extracts from captured French files on an Allied plan to bomb the Soviet oilfields in the Caucasus.
August
- 01
- The war of the pins in LuxembourgIn August 1940 Luxembourgers pinned badges with the red lion and the Grand Duchess’s portrait to their lapels in answer to Gauleiter Simon’s Germanisation.
- Directive No. 17On 1 August 1940 Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe to defeat the RAF quickly. Sea Lion was to be ready by 15 September; the decision hinged on the air war.