April 17th 1940, Wednesday.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt, the UK Prime Minister was Neville Chamberlain.
The British cruiser HMS Suffolk shelled a German held-airfield at Stavanger, but was attacked by aircraft in return, heavily damaged and put out of action for almost a year.
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull issued a statement in response to the Japanese declaration of two days earlier. Hull's statement went on to recite a list of international treaties that agreed to respect the rights of the Netherlands in the region.
The British ocean liner Queen Mary arrived in Sydney to be refitted as a troopship.
Adm. Karl Dönitz withdraws U-boats from Norwegian waters to study torpedo failures.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt, the UK Prime Minister was Neville Chamberlain.
The British cruiser HMS Suffolk shelled a German held-airfield at Stavanger, but was attacked by aircraft in return, heavily damaged and put out of action for almost a year.
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull issued a statement in response to the Japanese declaration of two days earlier. Hull's statement went on to recite a list of international treaties that agreed to respect the rights of the Netherlands in the region.
The British ocean liner Queen Mary arrived in Sydney to be refitted as a troopship.
Adm. Karl Dönitz withdraws U-boats from Norwegian waters to study torpedo failures.
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